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Ames secures property for 13th and Grand intersection expansion
Ames has acquired one of the two properties it needs to expand a busy intersection. To help tame traffic at the Grand Ave. and 13th Street intersection, Ames is planning to construct four left-turn lanes, expanding the streets in all directions to three lanes. The project will also include a new traffic signal and a shared-use path that runs along the west side of Grand Avenue. The plan requires the city to purchase and demolish Ames Seventh Day Adventist Church at 1303 Grand Ave. and a residential duplex property at 1302 Harding Ave . Multiple temporary easements are also needed. On Oct. 29, the Ames City Council approved a purchase agreement for the Harding Ave. property for $233,000. The cost does not include the $21,000 needed to relocate the tenants that live there, Ames Civil Engineer Mark Gansen said. Five temporary easements were also approved for four properties in the 1300 block of Grand Ave. and one in the 700 block of 12th Street, bringing the total purchase amount to $285,722. More: Fate of 85-year-old church in limbo as Ames seeks demo for road work Ames has already spent just over $74,600 on 10 property easements to aid expansion. The
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Des Moines Breaks Ground on 6 Affordable Homes in River Bend, 27 Years in Waiting
A patch of land on Seventh Street that Urban Dreams has owned since 1999 is finally getting the affordable homes the organization always planned for it. Construction began this week on a six-unit development at 1411 Seventh St. in Des Moines’ River Bend neighborhood, a $1.9 million project aimed at working individuals and families priced out of the local housing market.
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Dry Stretch Opens a Harvest Window Across Bismarck, Minneapolis, Omaha, Des Moines and Denver as Little to No Rain Settles Over the Northern and Central Plains
DES MOINES, IOWA — Farmers across the Northern and Central Plains are getting the break they have been waiting for. A prolonged stretch of dry weather is expected from November 6 to 13, with little to no rainfall across a large part of the country’s farm belt. The dry window covers North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa and eastern Colorado, including Bismarck, Minneapolis, Omaha, Des Moines and Denver. Forecasters say it should give farmers a favorable window to finish remaining harvest operations after a wet start to November slowed fieldwork.