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- Candle listed as cause of Clive apartment fire
An early morning apartment fire at 1810 N.W. 82nd St. in Clive injured one occupant and caused about $20,000 damage.
- Achievements - West Des Moines
Christina Carberry and Laura Ferrari, both of West Des Moines, won fall writing awards at the Des Moines Area Community College West Campus.
- Your 2 Cents' Worth: Thursday, Dec. 25
If you abandoned a child in this cold weather, you would go to prison. So why is it all right for the city and railroad to evict the homeless people on the river? Why not wait until spring? - 515 Citizen To ...
- Achievements - West Des Moines
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Iowa presented their Shining Star Award to Christy Ruble of Windsor Heights at their recent annual conference.
- Outgoing Urbandale police chief says staffing top issue
Urbandale's new police chief will have to learn to juggle staff to meet needs. Urbandale's next police chief will step into a situation where additional staffing is needed, said outgoing Chief Dave Hamlin.
- W.D.M. boy, 10, organizes holiday gifts for homeless
Sam Oberender and his siblings fill 21 backpacks with food, blankets, Bibles. Most 10-year-olds in West Des Moines will celebrate a holiday of receiving today.
- Windsor Heights lighting contest winners share warm glow of success
The bright lights shining throughout Windsor Heights represent winners of the annual holiday lighting contest hosted by the Windsor Heights Foundation.
- Your 2 Cents' Worth: Sunday, Dec. 21
A way for Des Moines to generate money and keep the city employees working: hire a logger to come in to the Des Moines parks and log the mature trees; i.e., walnut and oak trees, and require all bicycles have ...
- Judging holiday lights
The five judges piled into a minivan on the night of Dec. 8, as freezing rain fell from the sky.
- Every School Every Thursday - West Des Moines
Clive On Dec. 11, the 73rd Street Singers from Clive Elementary performed at the Kaleidoscope at the Hub in downtown Des Moines.
- People on the Move for Dec. 16, 2008
Jan Berg has been named a vice president of CB Richard Ellis/Hubbell Commercial.
- Anime animates Roosevelt students
The association between after school time and cartoons is generally applied to elementary-age students - and the assumption would be that youths enjoy the animated delights at home.
- You should get to know ... Sara Michael
Business description: I am co-owner of the Hearing Clinic in Windsor Heights with my business partner, Stacy Reinhart.
- Iowa teen convicted of sending threatening texts
A Windsor Heights teen was found guilty of sending threatening text messages that led to a lockdown at the University of Northern Iowa.
- Your 2 Cents' Worth: Saturday, Dec. 6
To wondering in Norwalk: President Bush has only pardoned half as many as former President Clinton in their two terms in office.
- Legislators meet with Chamber members
The Waukee Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a joint legislative luncheon Tuesday, Nov.
- Harassment trial begins for man who shut down UNI
The former girlfriend of a Windsor Heights man accused of shutting down the University of Northern Iowa with text messages took the stand in his trial Monday.
- Judge considers trial of man who shut down UNI
A judge is considering the case of a man accused of triggering a campuswide lockdown at the University of Northern Iowa with text messages.
- Santa making his way to Windsor Heights
Windsor Heights families will find plenty of ways to ring in the holiday season Saturday, starting with a morning visit by Santa atop a firetruck and ending with lighting the holiday tree and viewing the movie ...
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City DescriptionWindsor Heights is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,805 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Windsor Heights incorporated as a city on July 19, 1941. It was named for nearby Windsor Elementary School in Des Moines; the school was named for early settler Henry Clay Windsor, whose family donated land for the school.
Although Windsor Heights is primarily a residential community, some "big-box" retailers have opened stores here, including Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, and Hy-Vee.
On June 26, 2008, the United States Postal Service gave Windsor Heights its own ZIP code of 50324 that will take effect on July 1, 2009. Before that, the city shared ZIP codes with neighboring portions of Des Moines and Urbandale.
Windsor Heights is located at 41°36′14″N 93°42′44″W / 41.60389, -93.71222 (41.603839, -93.712120).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.7 km²), all of it land.
Windsor Heights is surrounded by other cities: Urbandale to the north, Clive to the west, West Des Moines to the south, and Des Moines to the east. Interstate 235 runs through the far ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Iowa
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- Polk County
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