Des Moines IA

We're excited to share that the first two grandstand shows for the 2026 Iowa State Fair are Rod Stewart and Lainey Wilson!

DES MOINES, Iowa- Deed theft, also referred to as seller impersonation, title fraud or title theft, has risen sharply nationwide as scammers become increasingly sophisticated. The scammer fraudulently claims ownership of your property to sell or rent it. A product from Iowa Title Guaranty (ITG) offers both new and...

DART buses and Paratransit in Ankeny will run on a Saturday schedule on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2025) and New Year's Eve (December 31, 2025). DART On Demand Ankeny will use its regular weekday hours on both days.

The City of Indianola has named Captain Rob Hawkins as its new police chief. Hawkins has served as interim chief since September 2025, following the retirement of former chief Brian Sher. He will be sworn in at the Indianola City Council meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025. The city selected Hawkins after...

Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences announced it has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to become a sponsoring institution, allowing the university to establish its own residency and fellowship programs. The milestone enables DMU to expand its...

ANKENY, Iowa — After a year of uncertainty, an Ankeny neighborhood now knows that it won’t be a Walmart going up in their backyard but an apartment complex. In December 2024 the owner of a property located along N Ankeny Boulevard between NW Reinhart Drive and NW 36th Street submitted an application to rezone the […]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Alejandra Piña, the Mexican Rodeo Queen of Iowa, and founder of the all-women Mexican rodeo team Escaramuza Quetzalli, is hosting a winter clothing drive until December 16. As part of her title, she is using her role as a rodeo leader to give back to central Iowa communities and gather winter...

The New York Times food staff named the sampler plate at LT Organic Farm as one of the best 23 restaurant dishes they ate this past year. Why it matters: "Let's be clear. This isn't one of those lists that dutifully trots out a token dish from every state; rather, they singled out only 23 remarkable plates in a...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Emergency crews were called to the scene of a partial trench collapse that trapped a sewer worker on the southeast side of Des Moines Friday morning. Ahman Douglass of the Des Moines Fire Department tells WHO 13 the call about the incident in the 2600 block of Driftwood Avenue came in […]

(Des Moines) More Wintry weather is forecast for this weekend across portions of Iowa. A Winter Weather Advisory goes into effect at Midnight tonight through 3:00 p.m. on Saturday for portions of northwest Iowa, and then southeasterly through portions of west central, central, and southeast Iowa. Monona, Crawford,...