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Posted April 10, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

Good Bad Ugly 04.11.13

The good The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) is introducing residents to the expanded public transit system in Greater Des Moines and is offering free rides through April [...]

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Posted April 03, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced that more than $882.4 million in excise tax revenues were generated in 2012 by sportsmen and sportswomen and will be [...]

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Posted March 27, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good In the wake of her departure from the superintendent’s seat for Des Moines Public Schools, Nancy Sebring has recently announced she will be making a comeback by running [...]

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Posted March 20, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Students of Des Moines’ first ever professional improvisational comedy school, Anything Improv, will graduate on March 24 at 5 p.m. at the Gas Lamp, but the ceremony is [...]

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Posted March 13, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Two Iowa fire departments will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, which will be used to increase the effectiveness of [...]

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Posted March 06, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good The state Department of Education said last week that Iowa’s graduation rate increased to more than 89 percent, the highest in the nation and up nearly 1 percentage [...]

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Posted February 20, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good Des Moines Public Schools will be able to hire 40 to 50 additional teachers in 2013-14, even if state lawmakers freeze school aid, according to a press release [...]

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Posted February 13, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good VolunteerLocal of Des Moines received national accolades last week when it was selected from a record-number of applicants as a winner of the Blue Ribbon Small Business Award. [...]

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Posted February 06, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good The Des Moines Symphony was presented the prestigious Bravo Encore Award at the eighth-annual Bravo Greater Des Moines Awards Gala last week. A record 1,300 people arrived for [...]

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Posted January 30, 2013in Good Bad Ugly

The good The Des Moines Area Association of Realtors Foundation recently announced that, since 2000, it has given more than $300,000 to local Des Moines charities to meet community needs. [...]

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