By Scott Schaefer The City of Des Moines is embroiled in a legal dispute involving Councilmember Gene Achziger, who currently holds two separately-elected positions, igniting concerns over p… Read More

Former Des Moines Councilmember Anthony Martinelli – who announced in August, 2022 that he would run again for council in 2023 after resigning in January, 2022 – has withdrawn fr… Read More

Former Des Moines City Councilmember Anthony Martinelli (2019 – 2022) on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022 announced to The Waterland Blog that he will run for the same position that he previous… Read More

By Mellow DeTray Here’s our recap of the Des Moines City Council meeting held on Thursday night, Feb. 2, 2023: Councilmember Harris Formally Censured After a recent incident i… Read More

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, submitted by a verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of South King Media, nor its staff:] About the C… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson Des Moines city councilmember Anthony Martinelli was released Tuesday morning (Oct. 26, 2021) from the SCORE South Correctional Regional Jail in Des Moines after posting… Read More

From our sister site The Waterland Blog: On Friday night, Jan. 21, 2022, Des Moines City Councilmember Anthony Martinelli announced that he has decided to resign from his position. As The Wa… Read More

[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, written by a verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Waterland Blog, nor its staff:] Former Coun… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson Four Des Moines residents have applied to fill a vacancy on the city council created in January when Anthony Martinelli resigned his Position No. 6 seat amid allegations… Read More

From our sister site The Waterland Blog: [EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a Letter to the Editor, written by a verified resident. It does not necessarily reflect the opinions of South… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson Candidates seeking appointment to an open Des Moines City Council seat addressed the council Thursday (Feb. 24, 2022), with Priscilla Vargas dropping out to endorse Vic P… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson The Des Moines City Council returned Vic Pennington to the dais Thursday night (March 3, 2022) after the former councilmember and three recent city council candidates app… Read More

By Nicholas Johnson During their first meeting of the year, members of the Des Moines City Council elected councilmember Matt Mahoney to serve as mayor and councilmember Traci Buxton to serv… Read More

By Jack Mayne In an email released on Sunday, Feb. 2,, Des Moines Councilmember Anthony Martinelli denounced the process to find a replacement for outgoing Councilmember Vic Pennington as un… Read More

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is Part 2 of a response to the City of Des Moines 2021 “State of the City” address given on April 15, 2021, written by Councilmembers JC Harris… Read More

By Jack Mayne The Des Moines City Council at its regular Feb. 13 meeting – with Councilmember Jeremy Nutting absent – selected former Councilmember Luisa Bangs to fill the vacant… Read More

On the agenda for Thursday night’s (Jan. 9) Des Moines City Council meeting: swearings in of new councilmembers JC Harris and Anthony Martinelli, selection of Mayor and Deputy Mayor, a… Read More

On Wednesday night, Oct. 23, 2019, a Candidate Forum for residents vying for the Des Moines City Council in the Nov. 5 election was held at the Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church. Organ… Read More

By Jack Mayne As the filing deadline passed, two candidates want to replace Mayor Matt Pina, and incumbent Councilmember Vic Pennington has one person seeking his job for election in 2017… Read More