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Nearly 10,000 in Polk County Got Gun Permits Last Year: 12/23 Urbandale Morning Report
Directing Urbandale readers to the most relevant or entertaining news on metro sites this morning.

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- DesMoinesRegister.com has a rather frightening story about weapons permits going up an astounding 170 percent this year because of a law that reduces sheriffs' discretion to deny the permits.
- Iowa conservative Bob VanderPlaats endorsed presidential candidate Rick Santorum in Urbandale last week. Now VanderPlaats faces allegations that his endorsement was for sale, according to ABC News.Â
- Urbandale boys basketball team defeated rival Johnston last night. Get the stats on DesMoinesRegister.com.
- Tiffany DeMasters has a story in the Urbandale Register about an Urbandale high school student with a passion for learning to end world hunger.
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