Horses found running free on busy Des Moines street
Updated: 8:05 AM CDT May 25, 2022
Horses found running free on busy Des Moines street
Updated: 8:05 AM CDT May 25, 2022
RHEYA: NEW TONIGHT YOU’LL ONLY SEE THIS ON KCCI. AND YOU’LL OY NLSEE THIS IN IOWA. SOMEONE’S HORSES BROKE FREE IN THE BEAVERDALE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS NEAR MLK AND PROSPECT ROAD. YOU CAN SEE THEY HELD UP TRAICFF AND CAUSED QUITE THE COMMOTION ON THE STREET. >> TO BE HONEST, I DID NOT KNOW THAT HORSES LIVED IN BEAVERDALE OR ANYWHERE NEAR BEAVERDALE SO IT WAS DEFINITELY A SURPRISE TO ME. IT WAS MORE LIKE AM I SEEING WHAT I’M SEEING RIGHT HERE? ARE THERE REALLY HORSES ON MLK? RHEYA: THE CITY OF DES MOINES TELLS US IN MOST CASES HORSES ARE NOT ALLOWED INIT CY LIMI.TS BUT THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS OF THE CODE FOR CERTAIN USES
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Horses found running free on busy Des Moines street
Updated: 8:05 AM CDT May 25, 2022
It’s a scene you wouldn’t expect in the Beaverdale neighborhood of Des Moines.Someone's horses broke free near Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Prospect Road Tuesday.The horses held up traffic and caused quite the commotion on the street before they were rounded up."To be honest, I did not know that horses lived in Beaverdale or anywhere near Beaverdale, so it was definitely a surprise to me," Riley Bacon said. "It was more like ‘Am I seeing what I'm seeing right here? Are there really horses on MLK?’"The city of Des Moines tells KCCI that, in most cases, horses are not allowed in city limits, but there are exceptions to the code for certain uses and property types.Other headlines:
DES MOINES, Iowa —
It’s a scene you wouldn’t expect in the Beaverdale neighborhood of Des Moines.
Someone's horses broke free near Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Prospect Road Tuesday.
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The horses held up traffic and caused quite the commotion on the street before they were rounded up.
"To be honest, I did not know that horses lived in Beaverdale or anywhere near Beaverdale, so it was definitely a surprise to me," Riley Bacon said. "It was more like ‘Am I seeing what I'm seeing right here? Are there really horses on MLK?’"
The city of Des Moines tells KCCI that, in most cases, horses are not allowed in city limits, but there are exceptions to the code for certain uses and property types.
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