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Urbandale officials said they plan to join Indianola in marshaling support from area communities for challenges to court rulings over city road assessments.

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The Italy of 1900 was a newly unified country. The majority of people were poor and the government was helpless while the Pope's power prevailed.

Voters in the Dallas County town of Dawson have chosen an 18-year-old to be mayor.

The Polk and Dallas county health departments are planning H1N1 vaccination clinics later this week.

Mayor Steven Gaer is virtually assured a four-year term, but West Des Moines voters will have choices to make in three City Council races on the ballot for Tuesday's municipal elections.

A new confined animal-feeding operation is being planned in western Dallas County.

Pregnant Polk County residents and Dallas County residents in high-priority groups can get vaccinated today against H1N1 flu.

From tax breaks for big business to noise complaints and cracked sidewalks, residents of West Des Moines' Ward 1 grilled City Council candidates Wednesday on a variety of issues at one of the final public forums before the Nov.

The Dallas County Health Department will offer H1N1 flu vaccinations Thursday afternoon.

The city of West Des Moines will pump $60,000 over three years into an extension of the Raccoon River Valley Trail.

Every candidate seeking office in Waukee on Nov. 3 has publicly agreed on one necessary task for future city leaders: attracting businesses.

Chet Culver: Just because you can't 'act' like a real governor, that shouldn't be call for you to freeze the film projects.

A mostly behind-the-scenes race to annex land became a public dispute this week between Adel and Waukee.

If James Myers' business sense is anything like the values he placed on personal property in his bankruptcy case, it's no wonder he's out of business.

A three-way contest for an open at-large seat on the West Des Moines City Council will pit a popular city official, a political neophyte who plans a high-tech campaign, and a feisty City Hall critic who says 'new blood' doesn't have to be synonymous with 'fresh face.' Ted Ohmart, a four-term councilman, will be challenged by newcomers Troy ...

A long, snaking line of properties may soon shrink the distance from Adel to Waukee by roughly half.

Experience is supposed to make our political leaders more intelligent, and that is why we do not have term limits for legislators.

Polk Co. Amount: $40 To: Richard Anderson For: Temporary extra help for covering Senior Services Meal Site on Sept.

Why aren't people protesting the high cost of diesel fuel? Diesel fuel prices stay unreasonably high, when the crude oil price goes down, unlike the gas price which drops or rises on a daily basis.