Des Moines IA

Four members of each Perry track team will represent the Bluejays and Jayettes at the Drake Relays today. The 4×100 meter relay team qualified for the Drake relays for both teams, with the Jayettes in action first at 9:40am with the boys 4×100 relay team to follow at 10:12am.

Photo Courtesy of Dallas County Conservation Board. Those looking for something to do outside can join the Dallas County Conservation Board for a hike. Outreach Coordinator Jeni Baker says a Spring Ephemeral Wildflower Hike will be held from 2-3 p.m. on Sunday at Voas Nature Area. Baker explains that each...

Spring has sprung at the greenhouses at Lutheran Services in Iowa as the organization unveiled its newest home for immigrant and refugee farmers. Rows of plants filled the former Dogpatch Urban Gardens site on a sunny Friday, April 24 morning, a sharp contrast to the storms that rolled through Des Moines the night before. LSI leaders used green scissors to cut a green ribbon...

A good barbecue is worth the drive. A great barbecue is worth planning a whole trip around. Iowa has a spot that fits the second description perfectly. Folks from every corner of the state point their cars toward this smokehouse for one reason. Slow-smoked beef brisket. The kind that falls...

(Des Moines) -- Sidney alum Lilly Peters captured a championship flag at the 116th Drake Relays on Saturday. Peters -- who now competes at Lindenwood -- topped the field in the university division of the college javelin festivities in Des Moines. Peters won the event with a heave of 47.97...

A Woodward man was arrested late Friday after allegedly trying to elude patrol officers of the West Des Moines and Waukee police departments. August Kristopher Halverson, 28, of 302 W. Seventh St., Woodward, was charged with eluding, failure to install ignition interlock device, driving while revoked and no insurance. The...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A teenager has died following a shooting on the north side of Des Moines Saturday afternoon, police said in an update. Officers were dispatched to the 3500 block of East 7th Street for a reported shooting. A 911 caller said a person was down in a yard. Upon arrival, authorities found a teenage male suffering from a gunshot injury.

(Des Moines) -- For the second consecutive year, a Treynor track & field star captured a title on the second day of the Drake Relays. One year after Brady Wallace's memorable title in the 110 meter hurdles, Cauy Konz followed in the footsteps of his former teammate by grabbing a Drake Relays title of his own in the 116th running of the historic event.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A tandem of Cedar Falls athletes won events Friday at the Drake Relays. Drake Relays records fell in both the boys and girls 400-meter races. Senior Brennen Hoyer of Cedar Falls won the boys 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.94.. His time set a school record and is 11th all-time in state history.

A Creston woman is facing a felony drug charge following a rollover accident in Indianola earlier this month. According to court documents filed in Warren County, 60-year-old Peggy Ann Hampton of Creston is charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance, Third or Subsequent Offense, a Class D felony. According to...