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| Hotels in Iowa | Sheraton Wes Des Moines
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 | Located on the corner of 50th Street and University in downtown West Des Moines, Iowa, is just 15 miles from the Des Moines International Airport. There is a 10-story atrium... | Embassy Suites
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| The Embassy Suites On The River is located in the historic East Village of downtown Des Moines. The Iowa State Capitol is one-half mile away... | Ramada Northwest
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| This hotel is three miles from the Iowa National Guard's Camp Dodge and four miles from Drake University. The Civic and Convention Centers are 10 miles away from the hotel... | Marriott Des Moines
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| Relax in the comfort of one of the 415 guest rooms. Refresh yourself in the health club and pool at the Marriott. The hotel is located in the center of the financial district... | Days Inn Ankeny
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| The Days Inn is located off Interstate 35 at Exit 92. The hotel is located near Iowa State University and the Iowa State Fairgrounds, just 15 miles away in Des Moines... |
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Effigy Mounds National Monument
The monument contains 2,526 acres with 195 mounds of which 31 are effigies. The others are conical, linear and compound. Natural features in the monument include forests, tallgrass prairies, wetlands and rivers.
Designated a National Monument on October 25, 1949.
| Iowa News: |  | New Hampshire's winners and losers
The first two contests for the Democratic and Republican party nominations - in Iowa and New Hampshire - have done little to narrow the field. | | Shaping an aura of victory
As the results of the Iowa caucuses leave the US presidential race wide open, the BBC's Richard Lister assesses the significance of the early skirmishes in what is being described as the most open campaign for more than 50 years. |
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