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Deidre DeJear starts new role as Oakridge Neighborhood Association CEO
DES MOINES, Iowa — Deidre DeJear is in the middle of her first week as CEO of Iowa's largest affordable housing community. The Oakridge Neighborhood Association started as a housing organization 50 years ago, but now it offers much more than that. Close to 800 residents live in the...
Trick-or-treat at local Ingersoll shops
If you're looking for a unique trick-or-treating experience this year — don your costumes and stop by Ingersoll's local businesses.Driving the news: The Avenues of Ingersoll & Grand is hosting a family-friendly trick-or-treating event with local businesses along the corridor.Shops between 28th-31st Streets, as well as 36th and Ingersoll will be passing out candy to visitors.Zoom in: Some participating shops include Crème, Chain and Spoke, Chocolaterie Stam, Despensary, DZO Korean BBQ and Star Bar.If you go: 4-5:30pm on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
New hoses help DMFD reduce exposure to carcinogens inside stations
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Fire Department received two grants to help fund new technology to improve the health of its firefighters inside fire stations. A prominent new technology is a yellow hose, known as the Direct Capture Diesel Exhaust Hose. The hose attaches to the engine of a firetruck and is designed […]
Jalen Travis is what 'we are lacking' in the world
AMES – Iowa State head football coach Matt Campbell had recently finished watching "Oppenheimer," the critically acclaimed film about the making of the atomic bombs the United States dropped in Japan to conclude World War II when he prepared to travel to Princeton University to meet with a prospective transfer.
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