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What is the cable and pulley system at the 63rd Street and Grand Avenue intersection used for? CITYVIEW reached out to the city of Des Moines for an explanation and [...]
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How long after construction ends does the DOT have to remove road construction signs? We asked Scott Nixon, District Construction Engineer at the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT), who said: [...]
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What are some of Iowa’s most interesting ghost towns? With the May edition containing our Summer Arts & Entertainment feature, we compiled many of the area’s most exciting, attractive and [...]
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What exactly does Heartland AEA do? The Heartland Area Education Association is the central and partially eastern Iowa “area” under Iowa’s Area Education Association. The counties included in the [...]
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Where and when did green beer start? With March underway and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations taking shape throughout the month, there is one tradition that has become synonymous with the [...]
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Why does the DOT need 12 cranes, some next to each other, for the east mix project? We posed this question to the Iowa DOT, and District Construction Engineer Scott [...]
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What’s the maximum capacity of Wells Fargo Arena? Wells Fargo Arena hosts a number of events from the Iowa Wolves, Wild, Barnstormers, countless musical acts, comedians, motocross and more. At [...]
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“What is happening with the AMC Cobblestone 9 theater?” In 2016, AMC bought Carmike Cinemas for approximately $1.1 billion. As a result, AMC took over the Southridge 12, AMC Classic [...]
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What are those devices that have popped up all over Des Moines and the suburbs? They are black, like computer tablets, attached to the tops of tall poles, and they [...]
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Where does animal and human medical and biological waste go? Medical waste from people and animals is disposed of in a variety of ways, according to experts at danielshealth.com. Some [...]
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