What’s Up in Des Moines?

• Chase Holm endorses Frank Cownie in Des Moines mayoral runoff
  Former Des Moines mayoral candidate Chase Holm announced Monday that he's endorsing incumbent Frank Cownie in December's runoff election.        
• Voters send 4 new members to Ankeny School Board in tight race
  Amy Tagliareni, Ryan Weldon, Katie Claeys and Deshara Bohanna won election to four-year terms on the Ankeny School Board.        
• Easley, Voss headed to runoff for Des Moines at-large city council seat
  Since neither received more than 50% of the vote, they will face each other in a runoff Dec. 3.        
• Meet the candidates running for Des Moines Public Schools board
  Five candidates are running for four open seats on the Des Moines school board. The only contested race is in District 1.        
• After years of neglect and tight budgets, Des Moines is trying to catch up on road repairs
  Fifty-five percent of Des Moines streets are in "fair" or "poor" condition, according to the city's most recent data.        
• Brutal winter of 2019 weakened roads, could worsen pothole forecast for Des Moines in 2020
  Des Moines handled about 16,000 pothole complaints last winter. That could mean more potholes this winter.        
• Des Moines again adopts three-bridge design for city flag
  "It's really rallied people around this symbol of our city," Mandelbaum said. "It's what a flag can do. It unites the best of what our city is."        
• Iowa National Guard sergeant given free Des Moines home in honor of her service
  Recently back from deployment in Cuba, Jennifer Sherrill received the home fully furnished and mortgage-free.        
• Isolated Des Moines apartments will get weekday DART bus service
  The refugee families living at Deer Ridge were featured in a 2017 Des Moines Register article.       
• Hundreds of electric scooters could be coming to Des Moines
  "There's nothing imminent other than all the conversations and feedback that are starting to happen," said Amanda Wanke, Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority's chief external affairs officer.        
• Des Moines awarded nearly $2 million in federal money to aid homeless youth
  Officials say they plan to use the grant money to support housing options for homeless youth under the age of 24.      
• Des Moines funeral home looks to reunite cremains of near 100 people with families
  Remains that aren't claimed in the coming weeks will be buried during a mass service on Sept. 26 at Avon Lake Cemetery.