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Incumbents prevail in testy DSM school board race

By Jason Hancock 9/10/08

It was a campaign that focused as much on a man who wasn’t running as it did on the eight who were, but in the end the race for three open seats on the Des Moines Public School Board went to the incumbents.

Meeting Seeks Ideas to Improve Lives of Blacks in Des Moines

By Dana Boone 10/16/07

African-Americans in Des Moines will get a chance Thursday to voice their concerns and ideas to leaders of three of the city’s well-known black non-profit agencies.

The meeting will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Polk County Senior Center at 2008 Forest Ave.

Driving the meeting are three men who didn’t always [...]

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