Grimes News

Area high school choirs will perform from 1 to 5 p.m. Dec. 5 in the West Glen Town Center, at Interstate Highway 35 and Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines.

Grimes, Ia. - The Gingerbread House in Grimes, also known as the home of Bob Jordan, will continue a 15-year tradition when the switch is flipped on Jordan's holiday light display Thanksgiving night.

Johnston High School seniors put their phone skills to use this month by calling families in the district to ask for money for Dollars for Scholars.

Jensen On Oct. 2, Jensen Elementary fourth grade students took a field trip to Banker's Trust.

Nothing gets Urbandale Parks and Recreation Director Jan Herke more excited than talking about plans to develop a 224-acre regional park in the western part of the city.

Grimes Park and Recreation's monthly preschool party for October was Spook-tacular Fun.

How big is too big for the city of Johnston? Residents who have attended several early meetings to address an update to the city's comprehensive development plan have tussled with what Johnston should look like 10 or 20 years from now.

Tuesday produced an election yawner in Johnston due to uncontested races for mayor and two city council seats, but things were different to the west in Grimes and Dallas Center, where some incumbents had a rough night.

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In Dallas Center, two seats are open for the City Council, with three candidates in the race.

Three Iowa companies will receive $215 million in the 2009 federal New Markets Tax Credit program, designed to promote economic development in rural areas.

Johnston residents have been recycling more since the arrival of single-stream containers in July, city leaders say, but comparisons with other area communities show continued room for improvement.

The following area students have received scholarships from the Des Moines Area Community College Foundation.

" The husband of the Iowa Supreme Court's chief justice has been sentenced to probation in connection with an underage drinking party at their home earlier this year.

Linda Dunshee of Urbandale was installed as president of the West Side Kiwanis Club during the club's meeting.

A Polk County judge is considering whether to drop a criminal charge against the husband of Iowaa s supreme court chief justice, whoa s accused of not staying put when ordered to by a Polk County sheriffa s deputy.

26 - Police charged a 55-year-old Des Moines resident with shoplifting for allegedly stealing merchandise from Wal-Mart. 1000 block of 73rd Street, Sept.

Jensen The students in Juanita Coulter's first-grade classroom at Jensen Elementary have been learning about the unique and special qualities that make them a one-of-a-kind individual.

20 - An Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii, together valued at $600, were reportedly stolen from a residence.

In the 25 years Karen and Charlie Leibold have lived in their Clive Cape Cod, they have added a sunroom, family room, library, dining room, attached garage, hobby room and master bedroom suite.