JUNE 16 FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS FOR CITY OF DES MOINES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......thunderstorms. Des Moines and Raccoon rivers...down in level. Des Moines River Elevation at 2nd Ave: 27.69, Flood Stage 22.40 Des Moines River Elevation at SE 6th Ave 31.03, Flood Stage 24.0 Saylorville Elevation: 888.75 *Flood Stage is a ...

CITY OF DES MOINES FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS, JUNE 19

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 19, 2008 ;     645 words ...The city of Des Moines issued the following news release...showers and thunderstorms. Des Moines and Raccoon rivers are flooding...and are going down in level. Des Moines River Elevation at 2nd Ave: 24.30, Flood Stage 22.40. Des Moines River Elevation at SE ...

Competition evolves between Omaha, Des Moines art festivals.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE);  June 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......competition between arts festivals in Omaha and Des Moines gets a break this year. For 23 years...artists and collectors. Then, in 1998, Des Moines city officials pumped up their Art in...made their own large-scale event, the Des Moines Arts Festival. It was scheduled on the...

CITY OF DES MOINES FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS, JUNE 20

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 20, 2008 ;     519 words ......at 2nd Ave: 23.25, Flood Stage 22.40. Des Moines River Elevation at SE 6th Ave 26.31, Flood Stage 24.0. Saylorville...Items The City of Des Moines has extended the time...available on the City of Des Moines website: http://www...

Des Moines found few changes after Proffitt's arrived City's worries after...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 10, 1997 ;     700+ words ...For civic leaders in Des Moines two years ago, Proffitt's purchase...nearly two years after the sale, Des Moines has a message for Milwaukee after...Financial Group and co-chairman of Des Moines' Downtown Partnership. But doubts...

Hoops hat trick Des Moines natives pay tribute to hoops squad by keeping...

Albuquerque Journal;  March 10, 2006 ;     494 words ...Hats off to Des Moines. And hats on, too. While the Des Moines Demons, the boys basketball team from the little town...like you've never seen before in Albuquerque gyms. With Des Moines, whose boys team beat Hagerman 62-52 on Thursday night...

EDUCATION AT A CROSSROADS - FIELD HEARING DES MOINES, IOWA:WITNESS LIST

Congressional Testimony;  November 3, 1997 ;     242 words ......Representatives East High School 815 E. 13th Street Des Moines, Iowa November 3, 1997 1:00 p.m. PANEL 1...LOCAL PERSPECTIVE Mr. Harold Sandahl Member, Des Moines Public School Board Member Des Moines, Iowa Mr. Steve McDermott Principal Bridgewater...

Des Moines Evacuates As Floods Bear Down

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 30, 1993 ;     257 words ...DES MOINES New flooding caused by as much as 10 inches...owner of an interior design business in West Des Moines that was flooded twice. The rain sent creeks...little we can do other than evacuate," said Des Moines Mayor John Dorrian. Des Moines officials closed streets ...

In Des Moines, success follows educated, youthful `digerati'.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  January 13, 2004 ;     620 words ...Byline: Dan Mihalopoulos DES MOINES, Iowa _ Sit with Iowa's beautiful...you are in a place far hipper than Des Moines. Where else near here can you find...repeatedly making the loop of downtown Des Moines rev their engines and peel away...

Savvy Des Moines Is Back in Business With Water on Tap

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 29, 1993 ;     637 words ...DES MOINES Iowa's venerable capital city marked...rain has been plentiful all summer. The Des Moines River, which flows through the city just...did in the water-treatment plant. But Des Moines isn't a three-time All-American City...

Downtown Des Moines, Iowa, area about to be reborn with new development.

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  August 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......spotlight on a suburban neighbor, downtown Des Moines is seeing a construction boom of its...1.2-mile walkway on both sides of the Des Moines River through downtown is to include...nearing completion, said Tim Leach of Des Moines' Downtown Community Alliance. There's...

Des Moines Residents Begin Long Process of Clean-Up

NPR All Things Considered;  July 26, 1993 ;     549 words ...00-00-0000 NOAH ADAMS, Host: Although the water is back on in Des Moines, Iowa, it's still not safe to drink. Two weeks after the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers flooded, residents of Des Moines are digging out from their worst natural disaster they...

Des Moines University Welcomes

Targeted News Service;  November 24, 2008 ;     578 words ...Des Moines University issued the following news release: Over the last few months, Des Moines University welcomed the following faculty and staff: Amy Russell of Grimes recently joined Des Moines University as a program assistant with the...

RETURN TO YESTERYEAR IN DES MOINES REDONE 50-YEAR-OLD THEATER WILL JOIN...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 18, 1996 ;     598 words ...On its 50th birthday, the Des Moines Theatre is about to be new again...to reopen the theater in downtown Des Moines this week. It will be a ``$3 house...crying need for something here in Des Moines.'' The theater was built in 1946...

Des Moines Tap Water Turned Back On

NPR All Things Considered;  July 22, 1993 ;     700+ words ......SIEGEL, Host: The water is turned on in Des Moines. NOAH ADAMS, Host: It's All Things Considered...least some water is flowing through Des Moines, Iowa, after 12 days with none. ADAMS: How people in Des Moines are coping with the floods and no baths...