🌱 Patch AM: How a rail-to-trail plan could reshape connections through Urbandale

Hi Urbandale! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a rail-to-trail plan could reshape connections through Urbandale
• What did Iowa's GOP candidate promise at Urbandale's cancer policy chat?

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

From our Partner
Today's Urbandale Patch AM is brought to you in part by T-Mobile. After investing billions to light up their network from big cities to small towns, T-Mobile is America's Best Mobile Network in the US according to Ookla Speedtest®. Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data 1H 2026. We thank T-Mobile for their support in helping to keep communities like ours connected and for making today's Urbandale Patch AM possible.
Find a T-Mobile store near Urbandale.

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid with periods of sun, with a high of 80 and low of 61 degrees.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 83, low: 63.
• Friday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Windsor Heights explores converting abandoned rail corridor into trail along 73rd Street (kcci.com) — A long rail corridor that runs through Urbandale and several neighboring suburbs is being abandoned, and Windsor Heights is leading efforts to convert its section into a shared-use trail along 73rd Street. Regional cities are exploring a coordinated rail-to-trail network, which could eventually give Urbandale residents new connections for biking and walking across the metro. Negotiations over ownership and trail rights will unfold through 2027.
   

• Lahn: Cancer in Iowa talk without water quality 'not genuine' (qctimes.com) — A statewide cancer policy forum at the Urbandale Public Library brought Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn to Urbandale to discuss how water quality, prevention, and research funding fit into Iowa's cancer fight. Lahn argued any serious cancer conversation must include clean water, while advocates pressed candidates to commit to stronger screening access and long-term support for patients and survivors.
   

📸 Around Urbandale

Subscribe

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

📣 Urbandale Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19
• Johnston Middle School - Open House
  Johnston Comm School District Johnston, IA 50131
  4:00 pm
• Board of Adjustment Meeting →
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 20
• Board of Appeals →
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  12:01 am
• Excel & Launch - Open House
  Johnston Comm School District Johnston, IA 50131
  4:00 pm
• Summit - Open House
  Johnston Comm School District Johnston, IA 50131
  4:00 pm
• Elementary Meet the Teacher
  Johnston Comm School District Johnston, IA 50131
  4:00 pm
• Library Board Meeting →
  Johnston, IA Calendar, 6700 Merle Hay Road, Johnston
  5:30 pm
Friday August 21
• Maria Bamford →
  Hoyt Sherman Place, 1501 Woodland Ave, Des Moines
  7:30 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Music at the Market - Beggars Bargain →
  Johnston, IA Calendar Johnston, IA 50131
  4:00 pm
• City Council Meeting →
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  5:30 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Parks & Recreation Advisory Board Meeting →
  Grimes, IA Calendar
  5:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Are You Ready For It? - A Taylor Experience →
  The Ingersoll Tap, 2837 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines
  1:00 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

 

Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Urbandale PatchAM possible:

• Levels Family Chiropractic — (515) 461-9738

Click here to show your appreciation! 💚

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello everyone!
  Unfortunately today A Park a Day was not able to clean up a park as the parks I was intending to clean up were already very clean. However tomorrow… (Nextdoor Horizons Ridge)

• Burlington Coat Factory posted a job opening for Customer Service Lead - Part Time in Clive. Apply here.
• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. posted a job opening for Team Member in Clive. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Urbandale here.

🗞 Nearby News

Clive

• desmoinescosmeticdentistrycenter (wordpress.com)
• Davis County solar microgrid powers measles vaccinations (kcci.com)
• Work Contracts Approved For Newton's First Avenue East Stormwater and Cardinal Pond Projects (kniakrls.com)

Grimes

• Aurelia Greenig (mississippivalleypublishing.com)
• Grub Control Planning Brings Sutter Lawns Within Central Iowa Late-Summer Focus (amnews.com)

Ok Urbandale! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

• Help us grow by suggesting local news sources.
• Shape this newsletter with your feedback.
• List items for sale or services offered

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what's happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook