Arabella Mansfield was born in Benton Township in Des Moines County. In the 1800s Iowa law restricted women from taking the bar exam. Mansfield, after scoring high on the exam, successfully ...

DES MOINES — County attorneys would be able to sue school ... “I’m just not sure what part of the appeals process and the Iowa Association of School Boards, primer and board policies that ...

Carter said Iowa’s share is $32.5 million. In other business, the board approved an agreement with the Danville Community School District for a school resource officer from the Des Moines County ...