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    Des Moines (/dəˈmɔɪn/ də-MOYN) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County with parts extending...
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    West Des Moines is a city in Iowa, United States. A majority of the city is located in Polk County, a minority of the city is located in Dallas County...
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    at the confluence of the Des Moines River and the Raccoon River. Des Moines serves as the capital of the U.S. state of Iowa. The metro area consists of...
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  • The Des Moines Register is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The first newspaper in Des Moines was the Iowa Star. In July...
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    civilian-military commercial service airport 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Des Moines, the capital of Iowa. The airport's 2,600 acre campus includes two runways, 46 buildings...
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    Fargo Arena is a multi-purpose arena in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Part of the Iowa Events Center, the arena opened on July 12, 2005,...
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    Des Moines County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,910. The county seat and largest city is Burlington...
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    Des Moines, Iowa Douds, Iowa Eddyville, Iowa Eldon, Iowa Emmetsburg, Iowa (West Fork) Estherville, Iowa (West Fork) Farmington, Iowa Fort Dodge, Iowa...
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  • Des Moines Menace is an American soccer team based in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1994, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier...
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  • Des Moines University (DMU) is a private medical school in West Des Moines, Iowa. Founded in 1898, Des Moines University is the second oldest osteopathic...
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  • Valley High School (VHS) is a public high school located in West Des Moines, Iowa. VHS is a three-year comprehensive high school with approximately 2,000...
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  • or expression at the schoolhouse gate." In 1965, five students in Des Moines, Iowa, decided to wear black armbands to school in protest of American involvement...
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    The Iowa State Fair is an annual state fair held in Des Moines, Iowa in August. It began in 1854 and has been held on the Iowa State Fairgrounds since...
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    media. It was established in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa. The Art Center traces its roots to 1916, when the Des Moines Association of Fine Arts established...
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    secondary school located on the west side of Des Moines, Iowa. It is one of five secondary schools in the Des Moines Independent Community School District,...
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    ship of the USN to be commissioned with the name of the city of Des Moines, capital of Iowa. Launched 1946, she was commissioned in 1948. She saw duty around...
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    Caitlin Clark (category Basketball players from Des Moines, Iowa)
    Clark attended Dowling Catholic High School in her hometown of West Des Moines, Iowa, where she was named a McDonald's All-American and rated the fourth-best...
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    Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) is a public community college in central Iowa. The college served 35,488 credit students and 29,021 noncredit...
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    located on Des Moines Southside Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is one of five secondary schools under the district of the Des Moines Independent...
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    The Iowa Wild are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) based in Des Moines, Iowa. Beginning play for the 2013–14 season as...
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    The county seat is Des Moines, which is also the capital city of Iowa. Polk County is included in the Des Moines–West Des Moines, IA Metropolitan Statistical...
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  • all their home games at Buccaneer Arena located in Urbandale, Iowa, outside of Des Moines. The Buccaneers have won four Anderson Cup championships (1993–94...
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    The flag of Des Moines, Iowa, was designed by Walter T. Proctor. Set on a blue background is a red vertical stripe along the hoist with the right side...
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    The Iowa Barnstormers are a professional indoor football team based in Des Moines, Iowa. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL)...
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  • Fort Des Moines can refer to: Fort Des Moines No. 1 (1834–1837), a U.S. Army post that grew into Montrose, Iowa Fort Des Moines No. 2 (1843–1846), a U...
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    Memorial Auditorium) is a building located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, that is part of the Iowa Events Center. Named to honor the World War II veterans...
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  • Disappearance of Johnny Gosch (category People from Des Moines, Iowa)
    (November 12, 1969 – disappeared September 5, 1982) was a paperboy in West Des Moines, Iowa, who disappeared between 6 and 7 a.m. on September 5, 1982. He is presumed...
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    Dallas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 23,940 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. It is part of the Des Moines – West Des Moines Metropolitan...
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    on the Iowa state seal. Flag of Des Moines, Iowa List of Iowa state symbols Seal of Iowa "Dixie C. Gebhardt – Iowa's Own Betsy Ross". Our Iowa Heritage...
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  • the history of the city of Des Moines, Iowa, US. 1843 - Fort Des Moines U.S. Army post established. 1846 Fort Des Moines becomes seat of Polk County...
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