Des Moines IA

The middle of March has emerged as a significant deadline for some of the state’s most recognizable names, driven by a mix of infrastructure projects and economic headwinds. In a move that has stunned the capital city’s dining community, the French-style brasserie Django will officially serve its final rounds on...

PLEASANTVILLE – The Pleasantville Community School District has begun the search for their next superintendent. The district announced that current superintendent Dr. Tony Aylsworth has accepted the role of superintendent at the Southeast Polk School District for the 2026-27 school year. Dr. Aylsworth’s final day...

The clinic is scheduled for April 3 at Polk County River Place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The clinic is open to those with low-level, nonviolent warrants like misdemeanors, traffic offenses and failure-to-appear warrants that were issued in Polk County. The county said it is not for those with warrants issued in other...

DES MOINES, Iowa– The Casey’s Center hosts a variety of events each needing different surfaces, from Monster Jam and the Cinch World’s Toughest Rodeo, to the Iowa Wolves and the Iowa Wild. It takes a whole crew working behind the scenes to prepare the venue for what’s next. This weekend, the Casey’s Center was host […]

The Norwalk City Council has approved a High-Quality Jobs grant application for DMOS Orthopaedic Centers as part of an incentive package tied to a new medical facility under construction along Highway 28. The facility is being built just north of City State Bank. Norwalk City Manager Luke Nelson tells KNIA...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Nearly nine years after a Lincoln High School student was killed while crossing Southwest Ninth Street, city leaders are considering more safety improvements along the busy corridor between the school and the Raccoon River. A roundabout at SW 9th Street and Bancroft Street is one...

Senior Katie Biscoglia, who is apart of the Raccoon River Northwest (RRNW) Wrestling Team, explains how the bonds between the four schools involved has grown closer. RRNW is a collaboration between four high schools, including Adel-DeSoto-Minburn, Van Meter, Waukee, and Waukee Northwest. Biscoglia attends Van Meter,...

ANKENY, Iowa — U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will be in Iowa in March for a campaign event for Rep. Zach Nunn. Nunn's event, called Operation Top Nunn: Salute to the Troops, is about "honoring the brave men and women who have worn the uniform and defending the freedoms they fought for," Nunn said on X.

A West Des Moines man was arrested on a Dallas County warrant Friday in connection with a January incident in which he allegedly assaulted a West Des Moines woman in the home. Paris Dewitt Jordan, 37, of 8601 Westown Parkway, was charged with willful injury causing serious injury, domestic abuse assault-impeding flow...

Harry Stine, Iowa’s only Forbes-listed billionaire , has landed on a new Forbes list as one of America's 250 greatest innovators. The 84-year-old founder of Stine Seed in Adel ranks 34 th on the Forbes list, one place ahead of another well-known Midwestern billionaire, "Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett. "They aren't...