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Forecast: Cooling, but the overall pattern continues
As expected, highs soared Saturday as south winds imported hotter air into Iowa. The record high for this date in Des Moines was not reached, however. That high of 95 was reached in 1963. The heating was helped along by those winds. A look at peak wind gusts across Iowa below. From the Iowa Environmental […]
Sunday Snap Judgments and Big 12 Actually Accomplished Rankings
Looking around the Big 12 Conference. It's Sunday! Week Six has come and gone, with the Big 12 Conference going through another brutal week of games. Let's put in a new version of our Sunday Snap Judgments, with a Good, Bad, and Ugly, finishing with the Actually Accomplished Rankings. Let's get to it.
A spooky good time: Volunteers produce 1,000 jack-o’-lanterns for Spirits in the Gardens
A jack-o'-lantern overload awaits guests at Reiman Gardens next week. The Ames facility is gearing up for this year’s Spirits in the Gardens event with the help of about 2,000 volunteers, who are stenciling, gutting and carving about 1,000 jack-o’-lanterns. When Reiman Gardens held its first Spirits in the Gardens celebration in 2016,...
Johnston pushes back deadlines for Ignit athletic complex off Merle Hay Road
The Johnston City Council approved delaying deadlines for the planned Ignit sports complex off Merle Hay Road. At a special meeting Sept. 30, the council signed off on an amendment to the development agreement with Ignit Sports and Fitness of Grimes that moves the deadline to start construction to Nov. 5. The deadline to complete construction is now Dec. 31, 2025. ...
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