Des Moines IA

Drake University is working to launch a new degree program aimed at preparing students who want to dedicate themselves to helping “people with disabilities in living full and self-directed lives.” The Des Moines private university announced in a news release it will offer a bachelor of science in disability and...

A Booneville man was arrested Thursday evening after he allegedly groomed a Dallas Center teenager from church. John Arthur Gray, 89, of 28925 360th St., Booneville, was charged with grooming. An investigation began Nov. 5, when a pastor at a Johnston church made contact with the Dallas County Sheriff’s office...

The new Penn State head coach is putting the finishing touches on his coaching staff at Penn State with the arrival of WR coach Noah Pauley.

An Iowa family’s popular Christmas light display near Lake Park features more than 200,000 lights this year, all set to music. Roxie Lueders says the family’s “Ridiculous Christmas Lights” display is computerized, so the lights flash in time with the songs. “We’ve had a lot of people tell us that, ‘I came and...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department is investigating after they say a Facebook Marketplace meet up turned into an armed robbery. DMPD officers were called to investigate an armed robbery in the 2800 block of E. Euclid Avenue shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday. Authorities say the victim and the suspect...

The parking lot adjacent to the Polk County Courthouse would become a nearly $76 million, six-story complex with 280 apartments under a proposal that goes before the DSM City Council on Monday. Why it matters: The project would deliver another significant increase in available housing in the Court Avenue...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Blue Star Mothers of America is asking people to help support the families and fellow solders of two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria. The bodies of Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, were returned to the U.S....

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Salvation Army Toy Store enters its last day of giving away nearly 10,000 toys to families that need them for the holidays on Thursday. The event takes place over a three-day period, where families who applied to go to the store, located at Valley West Mall, and pick out […]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Pieper Lewis, a teenage sex-trafficking victim convicted of fatally stabbing a man whom she accused of abusing her, is now in custody after she turned herself in on Friday. She is listed on the Polk County inmates roster. Lewis, now 21, made the decision more...

WIZM News plans to live stream the implosion of the Black Hawk Bridge in Lansing, Iowa on Friday morning. The implosion is set for 9:30 a.m. according to Iowa and Wisconsin transportation officials. They’re stressing safety as the time nears for the event. In a news release, it said...