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Botanical Blues winter concert series kicks Sunday afternoon at the Botanical Garden of Greater Des Moines. It’s already on your...

A holiday message of "safe travels" from Carl Voss.

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When 28 freshly minted Des Moines police officers graduated from the City’s 79th Police Academy in mid-May, an equal number of veteran...