Johnston News

A couple of Johnston business owners are seeing encouraging signs - make that dollar signs - leading up to the holiday season, but for another business owner, changing times means a change in sales trends.

Jensen As a community service project with the Urbandale Caring Corps, Jensen students plan to compile food donations this Thanksgiving for needy families in the metro area.

Business owners in communities near Johnston have complained recently of sign ordinances they believe are too restrictive to meet their business needs.

Every year, thousands of Iowans experience misfortune and have to choose between things like clothing and shelter or feeding their families.

Trim and Tone Spa in Johnston is celebrating its first anniversary by waiving initiation fees this month.

Tickets are on sale for Johnston High School's 30th annual Madrigal Feaste on Dec.

Well done in Ankeny November 17, 2009 Military Air Force Airman Aaron Arbogast graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

10 - A 20-year-old man filed a report at the Urbandale police station of a violation of a no-contact order by his ex-girlfriend. 3900 block of 74th Street, Nov.

Two Johnston elementary schools will exceed their highest recommended capacity within three school years and space shortages will become an issue at other buildings as well, school board members heard this week.

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

Johnston city officials will not pull the plug on bus service to the community. The Johnston City Council voted 4-1 on Monday to revoke its intent to withdraw from the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority, known as DART.

Details: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday at Ramada Tropics Resort and Conference Center, 5000 Merle Hay Road, Urbandale Come have lunch and network with chamber of commerce members from around the metro.

Achievements Tyler Craig, a senior at Urbandale High School, has been awarded an academic honor scholarship from Northwestern College, Orange City.

Stogdill's TV & Appliance, a 52-year-old family business, survived the dawn of big-box retailers and cheap, disposable electronics, but in the end it couldn't survive the most recent recession.

Council, school meetings Monday By Melanie Lageschulte - mlagesch@dmreg.com - November 13, 2009 It will be a busy evening at the Ankeny school and city offices on Monday.

A local domestic violence counselor said a man charged with abducting and killing his estranged wife was able to do so because no one looked at his extensive history of harassment, vandalism and abuse against women.

Can you help the geese? By Melanie Lageschulte - mlagesch@dmreg.com - November 10, 2009 Folks at the Animal Rescue League of Iowa are looking for some local kayakers to help them rescue four domestic geese that have been abandoned at Carney Marsh on Ankeny's south side.

Nicole Kirchner of Urbandale has been awarded academic honor scholarships from Northwestern College, Orange City, for the 201011 school year.

City Council will vote on Monday about stopping all service by ending its participation with DART.

Here come the holidays By Melanie Lageschulte - mlagesch@dmreg.com - November 6, 2009 It's around 70 degrees outside, but It's now less than three weeks to Thanksgiving.