Des Moines IA

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Students at Phillips Elementary are saying goodbye to their reading partners as the school year comes to a close, and they won’t be seeing them again in the fall, KCCI reports. Students have been partnering with residents at Valley View Village throughout the school...

Origin Homes, of West Des Moines, recently approached the city, asking if it would consider lowering the cost of building lots in Brewer Creek Estates. The asking price for ordinary lots in Brewer Creek No. 5 are approximately $16,000, with some larger lots selling for $30,000. Some cost much more. Origin told the city

Construction of a nearly $7.1 million mass timber townhome project near Drake University could begin next year. Why it matters: It would be among the city's first townhome developments to use the building method that relies on engineered wood rather than steel and concrete, Molly Cutler of Cutler Development tells Axio

(KIMT) -- The National Weather Service offices in the Twin Cities and Des Moines have completed initial surveys from Sunday's round of severe weather. Five tornadoes have been confirmed in SE Minnesota and North Iowa. The ratings are as follows:. Conger, MN: high-end EF-0 to low-end EF-1 Crystal Lake/Woden, IA:...

JOHNSTON, Iowa — Lightning is being investigated as a possible cause for a house fire in Johnston on Monday night. The City of Johnston said that at around 8 p.m., the Johnston-Grimes Fire District, Urbandale Fire Department, and Saylor Township Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire in the 6000 block of

Shane Russel Wilson of West Des Moines, Iowa, has pleaded no contest in a Vero Beach truck crash that killed one woman and injured another, sidestepping a trial that had been set to start this week in the 19th Judicial Circuit. Wilson entered the plea on Monday to a single count of leaving the scene of an accident caus

The Iowa Department of Public Safety has announced that an arrest has been made in connection with a person reported missing June 29, 2023, according to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Jesse George, 35, of Missouri Valley was reported as a missing person to the Missouri Valley Police Department. Since the

Good Monday morning everyone, we have another busy day ahead of us in the severe weather potential department, so lets get right into it!. Let’s start with the good news…most of Monday, the daylight hours that is, will be dry. Residual cloud cover from last nights storm complex will linger throughout the day, as well a

A man from Cambridge was sentenced to 125 months (over 10 years) in federal prison for attempted enticement of a minor, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing showed that Christopher L. Rutherford, 55, exchanged messages about meeting to e

(Atlantic) The Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (SWITA) is proud to announce that Driver Steve Herrington has been nationally recognized as the 2026 Frontline Hero Award recipient by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), one of the public transportation industry’s highest honors recognizing exemplary