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The Pella School Board reviewed upcoming projects from their Physical Plant and Equipment Levy and Secure an Advanced Vision for Education funds at their work session on Monday. A presentation was given about total revenue for the resources and planned expenses in technology, maintenance, and transportation projects. In total, the district will receive $1.07 million dollars, with plans to spend $765,000 in the next fiscal year. The proposal for the board included expansion of live streaming and video production this upcoming academic year, approval of smaller building projects, and the purcha...

Pella School Board to Review Upcoming PPEL/SAVE Projects

The Des Moines School Board unanimously voted Tuesday to reject construction bids for a planned stadium at Drake University because the bids exceeded the district's budget for the project.  The total cost of the 4,000-seat stadium including construction and planning is projected to be $19.5 million. The stadium, which will be shared by Drake and Des Moines Public Schools, is slated to be built next to the Knapp Center. The district is to pay $15 million from a sales tax fund called SAVE (Secure an Advanced Vision for Education), and Drake will raise the remaining $4.5 million through ...

Iowa police detonate live pipe bomb found in parking lot of special election polling place Melody Mercado, Des Moines Register DES MOINES, Iowa — Police in Iowa on Tuesday recovered a live pipe bomb in the parking lot of a building being used as a polling place for a special election. Lakeside Center in Ankeny, a suburb of the state capital of Des Moines, was evacuated after a suspicious device, later confirmed to be a pipe bomb, was found around 9:30 a.m., according to police. The incident disrupted voting for about three hours. The facility was being used as a polling ...

The suspicious device found near an Ankeny polling place Tuesday has been confirmed to be a live pipe bomb. Lakeside Center, 400 NW Lakeshore Drive in Ankeny's Hawkeye Park, was evacuated after the pipe bomb was found in the parking lot around 9:30 a.m., according to a news release from Ankeny police. The incident disrupted voting for about 3 hours. The facility was being used as a polling place for a special election in which Ankeny Community School District asked for voters' approval of updated plans for how it will spend its revenues from the state's Secure an Advanced Vision for Educat...