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Des Moines

Arcs in and about Des Moines from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 116 stories · 325 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 25, 2023

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

Nothing ongoing.

All arcs0 named arcs in 2023

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No named arcs in 2023 yet.

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every arc in 2023 at its own dates · opens on month
Oct 22 – Dec 18, 2023No arcs in this window
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  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
  • Who covered it: left, center, right
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No arcs in Oct 22 – Dec 18, 2023.

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

2023118 articles20241159 articles2025223 articles2026419 articles

Earlier years are still being indexed.

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Oct 23, 202312313
Oct 30, 202366323
Nov 6, 2023912944
Nov 13, 20231126
Dec 11, 202354629
Jan 1, 2024204312259
Jan 8, 2024162013108
Jan 15, 2024374823369
Feb 26, 202412012
Apr 22, 20249157109
May 20, 202410262130
Jul 15, 202452221
Aug 26, 202413110
Sep 30, 202403118
Oct 28, 202424218
Dec 9, 202402110
Dec 16, 20249121154
Apr 28, 202538238
May 5, 202517213
Jun 30, 202523414
Sep 22, 2025814863
Sep 29, 202528133
Nov 24, 20252107
Dec 1, 20250406
Dec 8, 20250033
Dec 15, 2025110642
Jan 19, 202622412
Jan 26, 202603012
Mar 2, 2026214166
May 25, 20262127
Jun 29, 20261103
Jul 6, 202624013
Jul 13, 202632131
Jul 20, 20266155112
Jul 27, 202638470
Aug 3, 20260416
Aug 10, 20260206
Aug 17, 20260206
Aug 24, 20260202
Aug 31, 20260307
Sep 7, 202647243
Sep 14, 20260314
Sep 21, 202603111
Sep 28, 20260206

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else6 stories in 2023 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Des Moines

  1. Dec 15Former Mississippi House candidate charged after Satanic Temple display is destroyed at Iowa Capitol17 articles · 11 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 2 right
  2. Dec 15– 16Campaign Almanac: Nikki Haley commits to CNN Iowa debate after Ron DeSantis attacks13 articles · 10 independent sources
    4 left, 2 center, 5 right
  3. Nov 18DeSantis and Ramaswamy share personal stories on campaign trail of their wives’ miscarriages6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right
  4. Nov 5– 9Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds: DeSantis is best Republican to win 2024 election, not Trump44 articles · 30 independent sources
    8 left, 12 center, 7 right
  5. Nov 5– 6Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president, AP sources say - The Daily Reporter24 articles · 22 independent sources
    6 left, 5 center, 5 right
  6. Oct 25Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucuses14 articles · 13 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 3 right
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