Polk County response to homelessness ‘significantly’ short of community need, study shows
Polk County needs about three times the funding it currently allocates to housing, emergency shelter and other resources for people experiencing homelessness, a new...
Des Moines’ Walnut Street Bridge is coming down
Downtown's Walnut Street Bridge is closing for reconstruction as soon as Feb. 19, months sooner than anticipated because of favorable weather, city...
Lent is almost here. Here’s a list of parishes in the Des Moines metro...
The six weeks of Lent bring with them your annual window to catch a fish fry in the Des Moines area. This...
Former hotel in Clive being transformed into apartments with updates and added amenities
A former hotel in Clive is being remade into permanent housing and developers expect the first renovated apartments to be available within about...
Plastic surgeon Ronald Bergman sues his ex-attorneys over $800K Medicare overbilling case
A prominent plastic surgeon who two years ago paid more than $800,000 to settle claims of improper Medicare and Medicaid billing...
More Polk County kids are getting religious exemptions to vaccinations, driving up fears
More school-aged children in Polk County and across Iowa received "religious" exemptions to required immunizations last year, marking another increase in a trend that...
Beyond voluntary: It’s time to get serious about clean water in Iowa
Michaelyn Mankel is an Iowa organizer with the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch. She lives in Des Moines.Cancer rates are through the...
Jason Momoa teams up with former ‘Scrubs’ stars in Super Bowl commercial for T-Mobile
DES MOINES, Iowa - For the third year in a row, "Scrubs" costars and real-life pals Zach Braff and Donald Faison starred in a...
Banning Satanic displays, worship would violate Iowa’s constitution
Jason Benell lives in Des Moines with his wife and two children. He is a combat veteran, former city council candidate, and president of...
Iowa Public Radio Buys Third Des Moines FM Signal
Iowa Public Radio is buying a Des Moines FM translator that recently moved to a new frequency, giving it a third strong signal in...
