Des Moines IA

The Des Moines office market achieved positive absorption last year for the first time since 2017, according to the latest research from JLL. This is an improvement from the average annual absorption of negative 251,000 square feet that this market had recorded from 2018 through 2024. At the same time,...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines homeowners who need help to complete crucial repairs to the exterior of their homes may be eligible for assistance from the city through the Improving Our Neighborhoods program. The ION program provides financial assistance to help improve Des Moines’ aging housing stock, which, in turn,...

DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been nearly three years since a law was passed allowing families to use education savings accounts, or ESAs, to help pay for private school expenses. The 2025-26 school year marked the first time families of any income level were eligible to apply. Since then, private school enrollment has...

(Des Moines)--The Iowa Board of Nursing has charged a Spencer nurse with acting in a manner that may be harmful to patients. According to the Iowa Capital Dispatch, the board has charged 60-year-old Larae Pemberton with committing an act that might adversely affect the physical or psychosocial welfare of a patient,...

(Ankeny, IA) -- The Ankeny Police department is partnering with the Iowa Department of Revenue in a program to improve local retailers' compliance with state tobacco and vaping laws. The I-PLEDGE program began in 2000, and since then the state's tobacco compliance rate among retails is up to over 90...

WAUKEE, Iowa — A Waukee Steak 'n Shake location is set to open Wednesday, bringing the company's total Des Moines metro storefronts to two. Similar to the West Des Moines location, business hours at the 1045 SE Alice’s Road location in Waukee will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., seven days a week.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man will spend up to a century behind bars for the 2024 killing of 65-year-old Bruce Murray, who was found tied up in his apartment. Charles Edward Adams, 26, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Murray, along with attempted murder of a peace officer, first-degree...

Students across Iowa took part in the “Free America Walkout” to protest recent actions by ICE agents in Minneapolis. Almost 200 high schoolers protested outside of North High School in Sioux City Tuesday afternoon. Junior Raiden Parvu helped organize the gathering. “Showing that people are together like this...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa is settling into a prolonged and dangerous stretch of winter weather as Arctic air tightens its grip across the state, with little indication of meaningful relief through early to...

Chelsea Poppens and Lea Nelson react to Iowa State’s blowout loss at Oklahoma State on Jan. 18. Presented by Karl Auto Group.