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Who on the Des Moines City Council, Polk County Board of Supervisors and Police Department have received campaign donations and dollars from Crow Tow? Crow Tow is a towing service [...]
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What is the USPS’s reason for removing mailboxes outside post offices? The reader who wrote in with this question stated that the mailbox outside of the West Suburban branch on [...]
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Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. Why have so many lights been out along the Gray’s Lake trail for so long? With the park open from 5 a.m. to 10 [...]
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How does DART plan its rides to the Iowa State Fair? We posed questions on the how, what and who regarding public transit services to the Iowa State Fair to [...]
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How many bridges go into Des Moines? We published a story entitled “The Bridges of Des Moines” in February of 2023. Many of the featured bridges are iconic and serve [...]
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Does the city of Des Moines consider ways to improve traffic efficiency? For example, better timing of traffic lights, roundabouts, removing traffic lights, etc.? We reached out to the city [...]
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Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. What is proper flag etiquette? There are many rules regarding how to fly the American flag. The Federal Flag Code, Public Law 94-344, contains [...]
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Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. How many employees does the Des Moines Performing Arts organization have? According to numbers provided by the DMPA, the answer is 45 full-time [...]
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Ask CITYVIEW anything by emailing editor@dmcityview.com. Where can I go fishing in Des Moines? Polk County has a list of public fishing locations on its website, as well as [...]
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What years had the least and most laws passed in Iowa’s General Assembly? To answer this question, we dug into the online records for the Iowa legislature, which date back [...]
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