West Des Moines topless dancers who paint their nipples with skin-colored latex are within a city nudity law, a Polk County judge has ruled.

Magistrate Jeff Lipman found that using skin-colored latex does not violate a West Des Moines city ordinance outlawing the display of certain body parts. The highly technical law forbids, among other things, exposure of female nipples by any entertainer in a liquor-selling establishment.

Police say the issue came to light after a routine check at the Beach Girls strip bar last August led to three indecent-exposure citations. Full Story...