Des Moines IA

Party vibes are alive and well in Iowa! The college scene is buzzing with excitement about who's topping the charts this year.

MESKWAKI SETTLEMENT — A new agreement between the State of Iowa and the Meskwaki Nation makes it clear Meskwaki Police have the authority to pursue and arrest suspects who travel outside the Tribe’s Settlement near Tama. The agreement was signed last Thursday in Des Moines by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, Iowa...

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Natural Resource Commission discussed the possibility of increasing hunting, fishing and trapping fees by 5% at their monthly meeting. Commissioners and those who spoke on the issue Thursday say the increase could help the DNR do more to conserve and restore wildlife habitat. Commissioner K.R....

Imagine telling someone you live on Kno Place—sounds like the perfect answer for when you want some privacy.

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa — One person was pulled from a lake in Pleasant Hill on Friday. According to the Pleasant Hill Police Department, on Friday afternoon rescue crews located and removed one individual from Copper Creek Lake. CPR was performed and the individual was taken to a hospital by Pleasant Hill Fire Rescue...

It's been six years of traffic cones, lane closures and delays. But on Friday, Sept. 12, the city of Des Moines announced that it's finally over: Fleur Drive construction is done. The north/south arterial carries about 30,000 cars a day between downtown, Gray's Lake and Des Moines International Airport , serving as a...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Polk County deputies are investigating a deadly overnight shooting. They were called to 1504 NE 54th Avenue on a report of shots fired around 3:44 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found the body of a man in The Lumberyard parking lot. PCSO says there is no ongoing threat to the public […]

You meet a lot of music fans as a professional concert photographer, but over the past couple years, one has stood out to me the most. When culling through my photos from events across the state, I kept seeing the same guy, always up front by the barricade. Show after show, photoset after photoset, there he’d be....

Most days, life in Iowa (or anywhere, really) feels like a relentless conveyor belt. Between endless emails, grocery runs, school drop-offs, and the grind of work, it's easy to feel flattened, frayed, and slightly unglued. We forget that we need more than checklists and obligations: We need bursts of magic, tiny...

A Polk County courtroom heard the raw anger of a grieving family as Walter Bickham , 59, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend to death almost a year ago. “Walter, what you did to her is unforgivable. … You’re a monster. You didn’t care," said Suzette Gums’ sister Elizabeth Martinez. Bickham...