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A plan is being developed to end traffic fatalities and serious injury crashes in Des Moines. The city council weighed in for the first time Monday. ....
Des Moines east side fights for grocery store over new storage unit Share Updated: 6:48 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021 Des Moines east side fights for grocery store over new storage unit Share Updated: 6:48 PM CDT Jun 30, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript CYNTHIA? CYNTA: STACEY, THIS BUILNGDI WAS JUST SOLD LAST MONTH TAO GROUP OF INVESTORS IN DENVER WHO PLAN TO TURN IT INTO STORAGE UNITS THAT NEIGHBORS DON’T WANT HERE. I RNIUNNG A PETITION AM INITIATIVE TO STOP THE BUILDING OF A STORAGE UNIT AT THE OLD GORDMAN’S. CYNTHIA: HEATHER CHAMBERLAIN IS GOING DOOR TO DOOR DRUMMING UP SUPPORT TO FIGHT THEEW N BUSINESS WITH HUNDREDS OF SIGNATURES. WE GOT ENOUGH STRAGE UNI.TS WE HAVE THE U-HAUL, AFFORDABLE FAMILY, WE NEED GROCERIES. CYNTHIA: NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS OLD GORDMAN’S BECOME A NEW GROCERY STORE. RIGHT NOW, THEY SAY THIS HYVEE ON EAST EUCLID IS THE ONLY ONE WHILE THERE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL STORAGE UNITS NEARBY, ....
Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders is defending the Des Moines Police Department s decision to put a sergeant who has been disciplined for excessive force on the five-person team that leads the department s de-escalation training. In a Tuesday email to Mayor Frank Cownie and the six members of the Des Moines City Council, Sanders said he and Police Chief Dana Wingert have met privately with sincerely concerned residents but he didn t find their arguments persuasive. On the decision to make Sgt. Michael Fong a trainer, Sanders wrote: In the end, this was a management decision and, the deeper I dig into it, the more I am convinced that the selection of Sgt. Fong to assist in this training is appropriate. ....