Article: JUNE 18 FLOOD CONTROL OPERATIONS FOR CITY OF DES MONIES

Article: 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 ...

Article: Des Moines Partnership Challenges Americans to 'Change Their View!' of Des Moines.
PR Newswire;  October 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ...DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- It's not...b ) To differentiate itself, Greater Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday launched a national advertising...entitled, Change Your View. The Greater Des Moines Partnership, which is the economic and...

Article: 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 ...

Article: The rushing water could change Des Moines' future. (editorial from the Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa)
Nation's Cities Weekly;  August 2, 1993 ;     700+ words ......appeared in the July 18, 1993 issue of the Des Moines Register and found its way to Nation...Such a test began one week ago today for Des Moines, and the response leaves no doubt that...in the feverish effort to reclaim the Des Moines Water Works from the Raccoon River. As...

Article: 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...

Article: Trip to Des Moines shows city's revitalization
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  September 9, 2008 ;     469 words ......CAPITAL-JOURNAL A group of Topekans who visited Des Moines this past week found a community that...and new restaurants and nightclubs in Des Moines' historical Court Avenue Entertainment...and a member of the group that went to Des Moines. "They were all singing from the same...

Article: 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...

Article: WEEKEND AWAY; Destination: Des Moines, Iowa.(TRAVEL)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Tribune At just under 200,000 residents, Des Moines is a small town with a city population...singular 44-story building dominates the modest Des Moines skyline. On the other side of the Des Moines River, the capitol's 23-karat-gold gilded...

Article: Floods Begin to Ease In Des Moines Area; Drinking Water Cutoff of a Month Projected
The Washington Post;  July 13, 1993 ;     700+ words ......clear sky and blazing sun, the swollen Des Moines and Raccoon rivers began to recede today...some residential neighborhoods of West Des Moines, one of the hardest-hit areas, remained...four-block stretch of Court Avenue in downtown Des Moines, an entertainment district of bars and...

Article: No mud on their boots: Iowa. (diversified economy of Des Moines, Iowa) (American Survey)
The Economist (US);  February 27, 1993 ;     630 words ...VISITORS to Des Moines next week, attending an international...make a point. Outsiders tend to view Des Moines as part of the boom-bust-boom farmbelt...the prosperity. Many businessmen in Des Moines claim scarcely to have noticed the...

Article: DES MOINES TOUTS CULTURE, NOT CORN.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 30, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Dan Zeff Copley News Service Des Moines wants some respect. It wants the rest...from the downtown area, not cornfields. Des Moines is happy to announce it has culture...and it has John Wayne's birthplace. Des Moines has labeled itself the New Style American...

Article: Des Moines found few changes after Proffitt's arrived City's worries after purchase of Younkers were similar to Milwaukee's
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...

Article: Field of benefit dreams: Talent war spurs Des Moines employers to offer field of benefits.
Employee Benefit News;  October 1, 2003 ;     627 words ...When it comes to employee benefits, Des Moines employers are taking a page from the...particularly work-life programs, making Des Moines a model for employers looking for benefits...employees looking to relocate. For example, Des Moines-based Townsend Engineering Company goes...

Article: United Airlines Kicks Off Des Moines '98 Economic Development Campaign With Fare Cuts and Travel Funds
PR Newswire;  May 28, 1998 ;     616 words ......Partnership Celebrates United's 70+ Years of Service in Des Moines DES MOINES, Iowa, May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines today entered into a partnership with the Des Moines business community as part of an economic development...