Des Moines IA

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Des Moines, IA – Drivers across Iowa are being warned that a major change in traffic enforcement is now in effect, with law enforcement officers officially issuing citations for handheld electronic device...

DES MOINES, Iowa — UnityPoint Health announced the first 2026 baby born in central Iowa is a girl. Born at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Dezi Kay Williams was born at 12:20 a.m. and weighed 8.2 pounds. Parents Xavior and Alicia, from Waukee, already have two daughters and are overjoyed to welcome their third. When...

Beginning January 1, drivers in Iowa will have to remember a new law targeting distracted driving on roadways across the state. Starting New Year’s Day, Iowa’s Hands-Free Law goes fully into effect. Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill (SF 22) into law on April 2. For more information, click here.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A new state law which made changes to what food items customers can purchase with EBT cards went into effect on New Years Day, and local grocery stores are now adjusting to the changes.  “I think it’s going to take lots of adjustment,” said Hardik Kalra, whose family owns Linn’s Supermarket […]

A 79-year-old Iowa dentist with a long history of disciplinary action has agreed to surrender his license after being accused, for the third time, of stealing a patient’s prescription drugs. In November, the Iowa Dental Board charged Robert Bruce Cochrane of Fort Dodge with unlawfully possessing or attempting to...

BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) - Authorities in Iowa are searching for a missing 22-year-old man who may have recently traveled to southwest Missouri. The Tama County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Nicholas Collins, who disappeared more than a week ago. Deputies said Collins left his home on Dec. 19, driving...

Will Hawthorne was prized recruit in 2025 Iowa State recruiting class

Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many rural K-12 schools, the district has struggled to find teachers, and it sees the four-day week as a...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department says an arrest has been made in connection to the fatal New Year’s Day shooting. The DMPD says officers were dispatched to an apartment residence in the 300 block of Court Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Thursday on reports of gunfire. Officers arrived on scene and located...

IOWA, USA — A new year is set to begin, and Iowans can expect some changes when the calendar flips to January. Many laws passed this legislative session took effect in July, but a handful of laws and regulations will begin Jan. 1. For a full list of laws...