Kimberley Strope-Boggus
Posted inCentral Iowa

Special election will decide Sheumaker’s replacement, Des Moines City Council votes — and the first candidate has already declared

by Paul Brennan

The Des Moines City Council voted unanimously on Monday to fill its vacant Ward 1 post by means of a special election. The seat has been officially empty since Aug. 31, when Councilmember Indira Sheumaker resigned after six months of unexplained absences from board meetings. There was no discussion before the vote during the council’s […]

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