the state fire marshall’s office has joined the investigation into a fire that destroyed a fireworks sales tent in iowa falls late saturday night.  crews were called to the theisen’s parking lot in iowa falls around 11 o’clock saturday night.

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an early morning accident sunday in des moines killed four people and left a fifth person hospitalized in serious condition.  the accident occuredf around 2:25 am sunday on george flagg parkway in des moines.

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the food bank of iowa expects no let up in requests for assistance into next year.  the food bank delivered around two million pounds of food in june, a 55% increase over last year.

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the baseball game between baxter and grundy center scheduled for tonight has been cancelled, with no make up date set.  the west marshall at grundy center softball game is still scheduled, with the jv game starting at 6 pm.

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there’s been a change to the des moines north at marshalltown softball game wednesday.  it will now be a jv-varsity doubleheader beginning at 5 pm.