Des Moines IA

DES MOINES, Iowa – More than a dozen people who may have been exposed to the deadly hantavirus are now quarantining in Omaha, Nebraska at the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s National Quarantine Unit. The Nebraska facility also treated some of the first covid patients in 2020. But health officials in Iowa say th

Every now and then, a place pops up on your radar and makes you wonder how it managed to stay so quietly legendary for so long. Iowa has plenty of those sneaky little gems, but this one feels like it deserves its own sandwich-shaped spotlight. The draw here is not...

Corteva’s high-stakes corporate split is delivering a split verdict for Indiana agriculture: the company will keep its crop protection business—“New Corteva”—headquartered in Indianapolis, while its advanced seed and genetics arm, soon to be known as Vylor, prepares to locate its headquarters in Johnston, Iowa by year’

When Monica Holt arrived in Des Moines last fall to interview for the top job at Des Moines Performing Arts (DMPA), she was entering unfamiliar territory. Raised outside Washington, D.C., Holt had spent 16 years at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, one of the nation’s most iconic arts institutions. Sh

DES MOINES, Iowa — Three Christian acts are hitting the road together and will be stopping in Des Moines this fall. TobyMac, Chris Tomlin, and Third Day will be playing at Casey’s Center on November 19. This is the first time all three acts will be sharing one stage. Together, the acts have over 50 […]

A Perry woman was arrested Monday in Adel after she allegedly assaulted a Perry man as he was leaving the Dallas County Jail. Silvia Molina Flores, 45, of 1715 W. Third St., Perry, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness and disorderly conduct. The incident occurred...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Central Iowa Water Works officials said earlier this week that a lawn watering ban could again become necessary this summer due to high nitrate levels in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. The utility has been operating its nitrate filtration facility since January and hopes to eventually double the

Mullets, the high-energy, casual atmosphere restaurant that got its start along the riverfront in downtown Des Moines, is expanding to Waukee. The establishment will be located at 1105 SE Pleasant View Drive in Waukee, according to information posted on Waukee’s Current Development project website. A building permit wa

An Iowan who lost his teaching license 10 years ago over allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student is now facing a two-year suspension of his nursing license. In June 2025, the Iowa Board of Nursing filed disciplinary charges against licensed practical nurse Michael David Suplee, 36, of Prairie City, accusing

DES MOINES, Iowa — A dump truck driver suffered injuries in a Tuesday afternoon crash in the northern Des Moines metro. Officials said the single-vehicle accident occurred around 4:50 p.m. in the 2300 block of Northwest 66th Avenue. No other vehicles or people were involved in the incident, but...