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A new electronic cigarette store has opened on The Square, and an area businessman is hoping smokers give the products a puff.

Shops and restaurants in the West Glen Town Center look forward to this time of year.

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Police says an autopsy on 13-month-old girl found dead at an in-home daycare in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale found no evidence of blunt force trauma and investigators are now waiting for a toxicology report to help determine a possible cause of death.

Des Moines police were called to 6009 Creston Boulevard on Saturday afternoon. Tavis King told police a woman was refusing to let him retrieve personal items from their apartment.

She's the daughter of the King of Rock and the ex-wife of the King of Pop and on June 18 she'll be performing at Wooly's, 504 E. Locust St.

Des Moines police were called out to help a woman lying in the street during the early morning hours on Tuesday, but they ended up being the ones who sent her to the hospital.

My husband and I met in college three years ago. After about a one-year engagement, we began planning a traditional gay Jewish wedding.

This is where the bodies are. Hoyt Sherman and George Hanawalt. Ebenezer J. Ingersoll and Richard Ashworth.

Pioneer Hi-Bred received South African government approval to buy a majority share of Pannar Seed Ltd., a South African-based company with operations throughout Africa and other parts of the world.

The Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa has been less crowded than usual, easing concerns that the county might need to open a vacant wing of the jail.

A Feilding inventor who has vowed to consign the plough to the dustbin of history has been nominated for the US$250,000 World Food Prize.

The bomb blast in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, earlier this month took so much from Taylor Morris, a former soccer player and top-notch wrestler at Cedar Falls High School.

Some will argue that it's better to play Purdue because Purdue usually stinks, but come on.

The TRE Fire may be 100 percent contained, but the controversy surrounding how it started is not.

Casimir Loxsom, former Altoona standout Brady Gehret and Rebekka Simko will represent Penn State at the NCAA Outdoor Championships next month, thanks to qualifying efforts in the quarterfinals on Friday at the NCAA Eastern Preliminary at Hodges Stadium.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The wife of an Ogden man fatally shot by authorities during a May 2010 standoff has filed a lawsuit against officers, claiming they used excessive force and were negligent.

Jeff Demps withdrew from his heat in the 100 meter dash on Friday due to his troublesome hamstring and, as a result, will not be competing in the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June.

* Hometown: Marquette. * Education: Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Mount Mercy University in Cedar Rapids.

Couple: Bridget Anne Helder and Jared Blake Annear Wedding: Saturday, May 26, 2012 at Living History Farms, Church of the Land in Urbandale, Iowa Bride's parents: Daniel and Cheryl Helder of Stewartville, Minnesota Groom's parents: Jim Annear and Nancy Wente of Des Moines, Iowa Occupations: Bridget is an advertising operations supervisor for ... (more)