City Currents is distributed by the City of Des Moines to every mailing address and PO Box. As you can see, both the frequency, design and content have varied a good deal over the years.
Here are scans of (almost) all issues going back to 1990. Not all of it is exactly ‘news’ but still you can learn a lot about the City’s history here. Plus it’s a fun way to look back at where the City has been.
For you ‘nerds’, this page this sort of a test bed for a much larger project concerning local history so the page is going to change a lot over time. If you check back in a few weeks you’ll see the first teensy step in that direction: a search box. 🙂