The state of Iowa has officially agreed to give DesMoines $23.5 million to help fund the sprawling Capital City Reinvestment District — the jewel of which would be the long-awaited downtown ...
DesMoinesCity Council in September approved a new ordinance ... Meanwhile, critics such as the ACLU of Iowa denounce the measures as an attack on the city's most vulnerable residents.
The city, which is the capital of Iowa, announced the decision to move Beggars' Night to Thursday from 6-8 p.m. "to provide a safe and festive trick-or-treating experience for DesMoines ...