Des Moines alone has two swimming pools and three aquatic centers, not to mention four splash pools, 18 spraygrounds and one ...

Unconfirmed reports claimed a possible shooting at Iowa Events Center, a convention venue in Des Moines. Some reported police ...

An extreme heat warning is in effect through 9 p.m. Sunday for three dozen counties in western Iowa, where heat index values ...

7:50 Update: A crash reported along I-235 in West Des Moines is slowing westbound traffic near 22nd Street. Traffic is backed ...

Katy Perry’s mom thinks she’s got jokes. Brought on stage in Des Moines by her pop star daughter Saturday night, Mary Hudson ...

The Des Moines Area Community College received a $250,000 grant to construct a new facility for its dental programs.  The school will build a 26,000-square-foot building on its Ankeny, Iowa, campus.

Students from across the country, including Fort Bend ISD, got quite a scare when a man rushed onto the stage at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Iowa.

A man disrupted a national speech and debate event, resulting in an evacuation but no injuries or serious threats.

Des Moines police said a man entered the stage at the event and "his behavior prompted safety concerns," leading to the ...

Local officials are warning more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs that near-record level of ...

Another Iowa high school girls soccer season has come and gone, and this season was filled with excitement and surprises. On ...

Zaxbys, the Atlanta, Ga.-based chicken tender restaurant, is looking to the Des Moines metro for future expansion, the ...