A district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to at least pause Des Moines Public Schools plan to build a $19.5 million stadium in partnership with Drake University.
The lawsuit filed by four Des Moines residents with the Save Our Stadiums group claimed the school district s failure to hold a special election vote on the plan effects a total and complete disenfranchisement of the electorate and violated the 14th Amendment and due process clause of the Constitution.
The Des Moines School Board approved the agreement between the Des Moines schools and Drake University to build a 4,000-seat stadium east of the Knapp Center last year. The stadium will serve as the home football field for four of Des Moines five high schools and host high school and Drake soccer games.
Des Moines Register: For the second time this year, the Des Moines school board rejected bids on its shared stadium project with Drake University during it
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Lickers, sniffers, attention seekers: Myrtle Mae takes crown as bulldogs compete to serve as Drake Relays mascot Philip Joens, Des Moines Register
Roses and a crown mattered little to Sunday s beauty queen inside Drake University s Knapp Center.
All Myrtle Mae, a 5-year-old female rescue bulldog, needed was some attention and a soccer ball with peanut butter on it.
Drake s 42nd annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest Sunday kicked off festivities for the 111th Drake Relays. Drake University students voted on their favorite bulldogs in March and whittled the initial field of 126 to the 21 who competed Sunday. The winner Myrtle Mae will serve as the mascot for the Drake Relays this week.