The Des Moines Children's Museum says it is looking for a new home. It's been a go-to for families with young children for the last seven years at Valley West Mall. Last week, Valley West Mall went up ...

Mehmen was arrested for physically assaulting two women, one in December 2022 and another between September 2023 and February 2024. Law enforcement said Mehmen was in a domestic relationship with both ...

The number of police killings has risen sharply — Des Moines police killed five people between 2015 and 2022, according to data from the Washington Post's police shootings database. That's fewer ...

Des Moines is one of nine school districts to get a grant to help high school students earn a national child care credential.

The Associated Press spoke with people in Urbandale this week about Iowa leader's support for Elon Musk and the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency.

Des Moines is now enforcing its public sleeping and camping bans after a series of City Council initiatives were met, the ...

Des Moines, located where the Raccoon River and Des Moines River meet, officially got it's name on this date in 1857.

Iowa head coach Jan Jensen said Stuelke's concussion was "a pretty bad one," in a postgame interview with the Des Moines Register on Sunday after a 50-49 loss at Oregon. LIVE GAME UPDATES:Iowa women's ...

DES MOINES — Whether children should have the option to testify remotely — rather than be in the courtroom, in front of their accused abuser — was the subject of debate Wednesday over Iowa ...

Henry Stone, a Republican from Forest City, and considered Tuesday by a three-member panel of other lawmakers in the Iowa House. Republican Reps. Bill Gustoff, of Des Moines, and Christian ...

BUT HERE IN CENTRAL IOWA AND IN DES MOINES, THINGS ARE STARTING TO CLEAR UP. AND TRAFFIC IS MOVING ALONG NICELY. WE DO HAVE ONE STALLED VEHICLE OUT AT FIRST STREET NEAR ANKENY ALONG I-35 IN YOUR ...

DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds raised $1.8 million last year, according to the state campaign finance report she filed Tuesday. The Republican, who has been in office as governor since 2017 ...