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SafeNetRx, an Iowa-based public-nonprofit partnership founded in 2001, has announced the first National Drug Donation Day today, to recognize clinics, pharmacies, health care providers and individuals across the country who donate unused prescription medications. According to a news release, SafeNetRx has built a nationally recognized model in Iowa for safely redistributing unused medications that also recently expanded into Nebraska. Through the network...

Severe weather risks return to the central U.S. today ahead of a potent cold front. This front will separate warm and humid air that has been surging northward over the past couple of days with a fresh injection of cooler and drier air spreading southward across the Plains. The cold front will mark the boundary between these two distinct air masses and will help...

A legendary country music group will grace the Grandstand stage at the Iowa State Fair again this summer. Fair officials announced the final addition to the 2026 Grandstand lineup on Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a. * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Madison County in south central Iowa... Union County in south central Iowa... Western Ringgold County in south central Iowa... Adams County in southwestern Iowa... Taylor County in southwestern Iowa... Southern Adair County in southwestern...

All Lt. Col. Tim Halbur remembers is waking up to smoke surrounding him after the March 1 attack in Kuwait that killed six soldiers and injured nine more. Halbur, 44, of Ankeny , was one of four Iowans injured in the Iranian drone attack at the Shuaiba Port, just one day after the Iran war began. "When I woke up, it was just so dark...

We run down the history of ten of Iowa's most iconic eateries!

The Outreach Program, a nonprofit based in Union, Iowa, distributed 100,000 meals this month to local organizations, including Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines Refugee Support, Joppa, the Des Moines Area Religious Council and the Iowa National Guard Warrior & Family Services Branch. The meals were assembled during community meal packing events to be distributed to vulnerable populations such as students, refugees, low-income families...

To view a log of the calls for service, click here. Katie Powell, 36, of 1200 University Ave., Des Moines, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of third-degree theft. Misty Hubbard, 49, of 516 Second St., Redfield, was arrested on a warrant for...

Check out a rundown of concerts and comedy shows on the schedule for 2026!

Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — A bill introduced in the Iowa House would exempt a politically influential evangelical Christian organization that is building a new campus near Bondurant from paying property taxes on the nearly 20‑acre site. The Family Leader Foundation is suing Polk County officials who refused...