Grimes has selected a replacement for public transit services after the city left the Des Moines Area Regional Transit system.
Grimes City Council in March approved an agreement with the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency, or HIRTA, to provide services to Grimes residents beginning in June when the city’s contract with DART expires.
The council opted in November 2023 to pull out of DART after the city found only 13 residents had used the system despite paying almost $646,000 that fiscal year in property taxes for DART’s services…