Des Moines IA

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Two juveniles are in custody after leading officials on a car chase in a stolen vehicle, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle near the intersection of I-80/35 and NW 2nd Avenue around 3 a.m. Wednesday. The car in question had been reported stolen out of...

JOHNSTON, Iowa — A Guthrie County woman has been charged after over 30 cats, many suffering from various illnesses, were rescued from a Johnston home. The Johnston Police Department said that on December 17, officers performed an animal welfare check at a residence in the 7300 block of Hyperion Point Drive. When...

Police in Creston, Iowa, arrested a 44-year-old Des Moines man Tuesday following an undercover online operation targeting individuals attempting to exploit minors. According to the Creston Police Department, an officer posed as a 14-year-old female during an online investigation. Creston Police Chief Cameron Hale...

The Raymond O’Connor Revocable Living Trust and Jennifer O’Connor Revocable Trust paid Native Real Estate LLC $4.9 million for property at 1113 E. Army Post Road and 1107 E. Army Post Road, Polk County real estate records show. The nearly 1-acre property at 1113 E. Army Post Road includes a convenience store and gas...

A longtime weather reporter has confirmed her amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) diagnosis in an on-air interview. Jeriann Ritter, 49, announced her career-ending diagnosis in an interview that aired Tuesday after 20 years of working as a meteorologist at NBC affiliate station WHO 13 in Des Moines, Iowa. After...

Retirement is supposed to be the reward at the end of a long working life. A time to breathe, explore, and enjoy. Yet for millions of Americans, the cost of simply existing in retirement is turning that dream into a financial tightrope walk. Housing prices have soared, healthcare keeps getting pricier, and a fixed...

Two 17-year-olds from northeast Iowa have been arrested in Des Moines following a high-speed police pursuit in a stolen vehicle early Wednesday morning.

A Dallas Center woman was arrested Sunday after she allegedly assaulted a Kentucky man in Waukee. Rachel Joleena Mitchell, 22, of 28810 22nd Pl., Dallas Center, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness. The incident began about 7:45 p.m. Sunday at a residence in the 700...

An elderly Ames woman has died one week after being struck by a motorcycle while crossing Lincoln Way. Several local agencies responded to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian and a motorcycle around 8 p.m., Feb. 18, at the intersection of Lincoln Way and South Russell Avenue, according to an Iowa State Patrol...

AMES, Iowa — Most Iowa farmers don’t use cover crops, according to new research from Iowa State University, despite the fact that it is a proven strategy to reduce nitrate levels in waterways. Cover crops are a farming technique where crops, such as grass, are planted after the...