Both items were up for preliminary votes, but council members waived a second and third reading for final approval. Last month the city's Plan and Zoning Commission gave an early nod to ...

A county attorney has cleared three Iowa police officers in a fatal shooting of a man who shot two officers after a traffic ...

Of the 11 statehouse campaigns with the highest amount of outside spending since the June primary, 10 are in suburbs or metro areas.

This past Friday saw some big high school football games featuring Des Moines metro-area teams with just one more week left ...

For almost a decade, Iowans have come to The Des Moines Storytellers Project stage to be understood — and to understand ...

Iowa's 1st Congressional District candidates found some agreement on Israel's right to self-defense but sparred over abortion ...

While Maverik hired some employees after buying Kum & Go, downtown Des Moines appears to have lost about 180 jobs as a result ...

Tom Dorsey was tickled recently when into his view near Menards rode fellow Fort Dodge resident Art Bacon on his motorized ...

In Des moines -- "wells fargo arena" is becoming "casey's center" next summer -- pending a vote on tuesday.The polk county ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office hasn't said how the situation started, or how it escalated.

The ACLU and Lambda Legal were successful in getting the law blocked in December, which allowed some books to return to school shelves. However, the state appealed, and a federal judge lifted the ...

Iowa’s book ban in public schools has caused “chaos and confusion” and deprived students of access to more than 3,000 books ...