CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide An early morning fire Wednesday at the former North Des Moines City Hall building caused “extensive damage” to the historic building’s exterior and destroyed a make-shift Black children’s memorial. The memorial at 1601 6th Ave., created last summer by the Des […]
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Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyed
The Ghazanchetsots Cathedral was damaged earlier this year during fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images A six-week war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region in the South Caucasus, ended on Nov. 9 after Russia brokered a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Under the deal, several ethnically […]
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A fire destroyed Freeport’s Duryea’s Flower Shop, but not its business
Instead of Otto’s Sea Grill serving stuffed shrimp and surf and turf this winter in Freeport, a flower shop is using the space to make bouquets and poinsettias in time for the holidays. Weeks after an overnight blaze in the village destroyed Duryea’s Flower Shop and a neighboring deli on […]
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A Window into Midland’s Past: New Reardon Store better than one destroyed by fire
Demolition of the Reardon block to make way for Riverside Place in 1990. (Photo provided) Demolition of the Reardon block to make way for Riverside Place in 1990. (Photo provided) Demolition of the Reardon block to make way for Riverside Place in 1990. (Photo provided) Demolition of the Reardon block […]
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California condor sanctuary near Big Sur ‘completely destroyed’ as Dolan Fire spreads
The Dolan Fire had scorched 21,844 acres as of Wednesday morning, spreading more than 1,400 acres further overnight, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Containment remained at 15%, the U.S. Forest Service said in a news release. According to the release, progress on the fire has been slow due to […]