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2. Polk County, Iowa - Wikipedia

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   Polk County is located in the U.S. state of Iowa.As of the 2020 census, the population was 492,401. [1] making it the most populous county in Iowa, and was estimated to be 505,255 in 2023. [2]

3. Wells Fargo continues layoffs in Des Moines metro, but bank ...

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   Overall, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo ― until recently, Des Moines metro's largest employer ― shed 11,300 jobs in 2023, or 4.7% of its workforce, according to YahooFinance. That year began ...

4. Iowa Department of Corrections - Wikipedia

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   Fort Dodge Correctional Facility - Fort Dodge; Iowa Correctional Institution for Women - Mitchellville; Iowa Medical and Classification Center - Oakdale; Iowa State Penitentiary - Fort Madison; Mount Pleasant Correctional Facility - Mount Pleasant; Newton Correctional Facility - unincorporated Jasper County, near Newton

5. Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School

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   The Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School was a military base and training facility on the south side of Des Moines, Iowa.Established in 1901, the base trained African American officers for the U.S. Army during World War I and was where women first began training for US Army service in 1942 as part of the Women's Army Corps.

6. Des Moines to pay $50,000 to settle another George Floyd ...

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   Des Moines has agreed to pay $50,000 to a man tackled and arrested during the George Floyd protests in 2020, officials say. Approved this week, the settlement is in addition to $25,000 Jacob Sahr ...

7. Des Moines, Iowa - Wikipedia

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   Allen wanted to use the name Fort Raccoon; however, the U.S. War Department preferred Fort Des Moines. The fort was built to control the Sauk and Meskwaki peoples, whom the government had moved to the area from their traditional lands in eastern Iowa. The fort was abandoned in 1846 after the Sauk and Meskwaki were removed from the state and ...

8. Camp Dodge - Wikipedia

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   Human Statue of Liberty, created by Mole and Thomas using 18,000 officers and enlisted men at Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa, 1918, during World War I. Camp Dodge is a military installation in the city of Johnston, Iowa. Centrally located near the capital of Iowa, it currently serves as the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard.

9. Timeline of Des Moines, Iowa - Wikipedia

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   1843 - Fort Des Moines U.S. Army post established. [1] 1846 Fort Des Moines becomes seat of Polk County. Subscription schools open "in cabins along Raccoon Row." [2] 1848 - Woodland Cemetery established as Fort Des Moines Cemetery [3] 1849 - Iowa Star newspaper begins publication. [4] 1850 - Population: 502; 1851 Flood of 1851. September 22 ...