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Posted August 28, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Leaders from Des Moines Public Schools, Drake University and Des Moines Area Community College are working together to form a new partnership to recruit, educate and hire more [...]

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Posted August 21, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa (BBBSCI) recently received a $4,000 gift from the Darden Foundation’s Restaurant Community Grants program, which will support BBBSCI’s Community Based Mentoring [...]

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Posted August 14, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good The Polk County Health Department recently announced that financial assistance is available for eligible families that have lead hazards in their home through its Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. [...]

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Posted August 07, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Water. Cool water. Twenty Iowa cities will benefit from a combined total of more than $42.3 million in low-cost water quality loans through the State Revolving Fund. State [...]

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Posted July 31, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Amanda the Panda Grief Center will host its annual volunteer appreciation event at its new facility in West Des Moines from 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4 The [...]

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Posted July 24, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Mark one up for the advocates of privacy. The last thing our society needs are more cameras monitoring people’s every move. That’s why we applaud the Clive City [...]

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Posted July 17, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Des Moines Metro Opera received a $25,000 grant from DuPont Pioneer last week to support its continued work of “educating and inspiring nearly 40,000 Iowans annually through its educational [...]

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Posted July 10, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Getting some young adults to leave the comfort of their parents’ home can be a challenge. Trying to locate one who chose to hitchhike and train-hop across the [...]

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Posted July 03, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Bad news for burglars in Des Moines. Since January, the police department has had plain-clothes officers assigned to a Crimes Against Property beat to assist with burglary investigations [...]

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Posted June 26, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good The State Veterans Home in Marshalltown has been awarded $23,840,617 from the Department of Veterans Affairs for renovation to the Dack and Malloy buildings at the State Veterans [...]

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