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Des Moines Will Evacuate Flood Plains – * Updated *

Des Moines city officials have announced they will immediately evacuate parts of Des Moines that are in the “500 year” flood plain along both the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers.  The water levels are expected to crest along the Des Moines River Friday...

State Political Conventions in Iowa POSTPONED!

Both the Democrats and Republicans have agreed to postpone their conventions, which were scheduled for this weekend. Flooding throughout the state will make it very difficult for people to travel let alone leave whatever chaos is currently ensuing in their homes and...
Des Moines, Iowa Flooding – Updated Saturday @ 8:30 PM

Des Moines, Iowa Flooding – Updated Saturday @ 8:30 PM

*** This post will be updated and will be kept as a sticky at the top as major flooding events in Des Moines occur. *** Downtown Des Moines is still contained, although other parts of the city have begun flooding more extensively as water from Saylorville Lake...

Obama Cancels Iowa Trip

From KCCI-TV’s Web Site: DES MOINES, Iowa — Presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is canceling a scheduled trip to Cedar Rapids. Obama had planned to hold an economic forum on Wednesday morning. The stop was part of a two-week economic tour....

Newt Might Have Some Solutions

I received a letter from Newt Gingrich today (along with every other delegate to the Iowa Republican State Convention this coming weekend).  The primary purpose of the letter was to promote the organization Gingrich started in 2007 called American Solutions. I’m...

And We’re Back!

Got the high-speed running again, and we’re all very happy here! I can’t say the same for everyone in town. We continue to have flooding throughout the state, and water levels are rising around Des Moines. The local AAA baseball park is at the confluence...

We’re Having A little Outage

If you don’t see any other posts for a day or two, it’s just that our internet access is down. We had some kind of outage that should be repaired sometime Monday, but it might be Tuesday before you see anything substantive. Sorry about that. (had to use a...
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