$75,000 awarded in three counties
Regular Friday schedule to take place on November 23.
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Free rides to be offered all day long.
Saturday D-Line service to run through end of DM farmer's market season
Changes include new crosstown route, increased service frequencies and earlier starting times.
Tickets can be purchased through MyDART app.
DART to offer service to Yankee Doodle Pops concert on July 2
Riders must present valid ID to ride free.
Mayor Paula Dierenfeld had pledged to run a mile for every $10 donation to the Johnston Partnership food pantry.
Based on site plans approved last year, Johnston expects to see continued residential growth in 2018.
Wi-Fi service to tie in with new fareboxes to be introduced this summer.
City officials will alert residents when plowing has been completed and street parking is allowed again.
A judge warned another delay will lead to trial in the case for defendant Noah Lamar, WHO-TV reported.
Purchase of a shirt supports the Johnston Police Department and provides $3 to the Johnston Partnership to help serve the community.
The public is invited to the event which will be held at Olmsted Center.
For the third year, Paula Dierenfeld will run a mile for every bag of food, personal items, or $10 donated to help needy area residents.
A public meeting on Nov. 29 will allow residents to address concerns or suggest changes to DART Route 5 in Johnston.
The utility was created in 2012 with planned rate increases every other year.
Repeat offenders could face civil penalties or criminal charges for disturbing the peace under the suggested ordinance.
City crews were alerted earlier today to a water main break that affects seven properties on Northwest 51st Street and Northwest 63rd Place.
Bring a truck to get some of Johnston's free firewood, which isn't yet cut in pieces small enough for a fireplace.
Among Iowa's cities with a population of 10,000 or more, Johnston tops the smarts list; three other metro communities make top 10.
Riders can use passes purchased on app to board buses.
Johnston to see enhanced service; Altoona also to see enhanced service.
Offer done in conjunction with National Bike Month
When Christmas is over and it's cold outside, everyone gets bored easily. We have great art classes to help get rid of the winter blues.
Collected fares will be donated to fight hunger in Polk County
Three Des Moines-area nonprofit organizations received grant funding this week from the Viking Foundation of Lincoln.
Event part of Hunger Awareness Month
More bus shelters, enhanced transit corridors, routes to outlying communities among proposals
Event open to beginners and more advanced swing dance students
D-Line to see Saturday service and detour; other lines to see minor schedule changes
Shuttle service will begin at 9:30 a.m. Riders also encouraged to use downtown parking lots to get to the Iowa State Fair.
Free service will give businesses, residents and visitors more options for navigating downtown Des Moines.
Over $700 raised to benefit church's Gathering House, which hosts homeless families in Des Moines area.
Drivers to negotiate obstacle course for chance to advance to state finals.
Bus stop at Valley West Mall to be moved to 31st Street.
Transit service to resume on May 31.
Vacation Bible School to run from June 20 to 23