Des Moines IA

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa — One person was pulled from a lake in Pleasant Hill on Friday. According to the Pleasant Hill Police Department, on Friday afternoon rescue crews located and removed one individual from Copper Creek Lake. CPR was performed and the individual was taken to a hospital by Pleasant Hill Fire Rescue...

It's been six years of traffic cones, lane closures and delays. But on Friday, Sept. 12, the city of Des Moines announced that it's finally over: Fleur Drive construction is done. The north/south arterial carries about 30,000 cars a day between downtown, Gray's Lake and Des Moines International Airport , serving as a...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Polk County deputies are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. They were called to 1504 NE 54th Avenue on a report of shots fired around 3:44 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found the body of a man in The Lumberyard parking lot. PCSO says there is no ongoing threat to the public […]

You meet a lot of music fans as a professional concert photographer, but over the past couple years, one has stood out to me the most. When culling through my photos from events across the state, I kept seeing the same guy, always up front by the barricade. Show after show, photoset after photoset, there he’d be....

Most days, life in Iowa (or anywhere, really) feels like a relentless conveyor belt. Between endless emails, grocery runs, school drop-offs, and the grind of work, it's easy to feel flattened, frayed, and slightly unglued. We forget that we need more than checklists and obligations: We need bursts of magic, tiny...

A Polk County courtroom heard the raw anger of a grieving family as Walter Bickham , 59, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend to death almost a year ago. “Walter, what you did to her is unforgivable. … You’re a monster. You didn’t care," said Suzette Gums’ sister Elizabeth Martinez. Bickham...

Iowa’s electricity needs are expected to rise by 30 to 60 percent in the next 20 years, and a new report finds the state might be able to meet the demand and achieve 100-percent carbon-free electricity with renewable energy. Steve Guyer, senior energy policy counsel for the Iowa Environmental...

DES MOINES, Iowa — If you receive a great job offer via text or email that is too good to be true, it probably is. That is the message Attorney General Brenna Bird is sending out regarding scammers posing as potential employers. Typically, you will receive an email or...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A festival is taking place in Des Moines this weekend that celebrates clean living and aims to help those recovering from drug and alcohol abuse. The Recovery Festival is hosted by Kingdom Living, an organization that provides transitional housing and other resources for people in Des Moines...

(Des Moines, IA) -- Roughly 1,300 trees will be distributed to central Iowans tomorrow. Staff and volunteers from the Trees Forever organization will be distributing the trees at an event and the Bell Avenue Business Center parking lot in Des Moines on Saturday from 8am to noon. The Bell Avenue Business Center is...