Des Moines IA

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — A central Iowa man and bar is facing heavy backlash from the community after he went to a Halloween event dressed as a Nazi. Miss Kitty's Country Bar and Nightclub was packed on Halloween with people in all sorts of costumes, but Donnie Gardner's has people talking more than two days later.

A Waukee man was arrested Friday after allegedly assaulting a convenience store clerk at work in Waukee. Robert Edwin Langlois, 63, of 520 S.E. Prairie Creek Dr., Waukee, was charged with assault-contact insulting or offensive. The incident began about 5:30 p.m. Thursday at a convenience store on Hickman Road in...

Iowa’s law putting new regulations on pharmacy benefits managers is temporarily blocked from enforcement for Wellmark Blue Cross-Blue Shield health plans and insurance policies. Chief U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose issued a temporary injunction last week in the case, brought earlier this month by Iowa’s largest...

Des Moines voters will decide tomorrow whether to approve a $265 million bond referendum to modernize the school district's facilities. Why it matters: Des Moines Public Schools officials say they need additional funds to cover gaps left by state appropriations — and to reinvent the district amid declining enrollment.

(An Iowa News Service report) – Iowa working family advocates are calling on lawmakers to expand a measure that provides paid leave for state employees who are sick or taking care of loved ones. But the measure does not extend to tens of thousand of other Iowans who are forced to take unpaid time off from their jobs...

Iowa is facing a maternal health care crisis that can no longer be ignored. As an OB/GYN physician, I see firsthand the toll it takes on patients, families, and physicians across our state. Iowa ranks last in the nation for the number of OB/GYNs per capita . Our state is becoming one of the hardest places to practice...

With no end in sight for the current Government Shutdown, Hy-Vee stores across South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota are stepping up to help families

EMMET COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) - An Iowa man accused of talking to a child online and travelling to Michigan to take that child out of state is charged with several counts of criminal sexual conduct, UpNorthLive reports. According to the Emmet County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan, William Joseph Gatchel, II,...

Brown County deputies responded to a 911 call shortly before 4:30 Sunday morning reporting a shooting.

Do you or your classmates bring cell phones to class? A new Iowa law bans all cell phone usage during instructional time in all Iowa schools. But some people believe that students should not be allowed to have phones in class because they can be a distraction. However, cell phones should be allowed in school because...