A specialized contractor has begun work to remove the log jam accumulating near the confluence of the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers. The log jam formed on a sandbar occurring in the Raccoon River just ...

no gates – only a series of log cabins and huts arrayed along the strip of land between the two rivers. “Keokuk located his tribe on the west side of the Des Moines River,” where a trading post was ...

Lena Saunders was caught off guard when Des Moines city workers came to clean up her campsite along the Des Moines River last winter ... The city does not log each individual item placed into storage ...

Some living along the Des Moines River in the southeastern Iowa city have evacuated because of the jam, which can cause flooding. "Some of those people have been living on the river for years," he ...

On Tuesday, the Des Moines Art Center reached an agreement with Miss, 80, to dismantle her sprawling outdoor installation, “Greenwood Pond: Double Site,” in exchange for $900,000, ending the ...

A Des Moines man accused of kicking a food delivery driver in the leg was rescued from a river after running away from police on Tuesday night. A 31-year-old food delivery driver called the Des Moines ...

Boaters should lower their expectations if they plan to spend the holiday weekend on the Des Moines River. The river and Birdland Marina will experience "significantly" lower-than-usual water ...

Southeast Polk schools are building on the trades. The district is celebrating the completion of a brand-new skilled trades extension. It's an area of education that is growing and is this week's ...

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GOGGLES, A FAN, EVEN A CANOPY. WELL, NEW AT NOON, THE MASSIVE LOG JAM ON THE RACCOON RIVER IN DOWNTOWN DES MOINES IS NOW GONE. CREWS WERE ABLE TO CLEAR OUT THE TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES BOGGED DOWN ...

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