Des Moines IA

A Redfield Waukee woman was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly assaulting a Redfield man in the home. Misty George Hubbard, 48, of Redfield was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault-bodily injury or mental illness, assault on persons in certain occupations and interference with official acts. The...

OMAHA, NEBRASKA — Forecast models are signaling a potentially historic warm spell around Christmas Day, with a large heat dome expected to drive temperatures 30 to 40 degrees above normal across the central United States, according to long-range temperature anomaly data. While confidence will continue to evolve with...

MADISON, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials announced that a settlement between Menards and several states, including Wisconsin, is worth over $4 million. According to a release from Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), the lawsuit co-led by...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Shortly after Labor Day, the Science Center of Iowa shuttered its Small Discoveries exhibit for a remodel. The reimagined space is now ready to open to the public. Small Discoveries is designed to be interactive and accessible. The exhibit hopes to capture Iowa as a state, from rural to more urban...

Mercy College of Health Sciences is nearing its goal of raising $15 million to build a new nursing school and to make the college the “school of choice” for people pursuing a career in medicine. Officials with the college said this week that they have raised $13.8 million...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WHO) — Newly obtained internal emails suggest there were early warning signs during the hiring of former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts, though their significance was unclear at the time. More than 260 pages of documents were secured as a part of public records request,...

What makes freedom of speech so difficult to understand and accept?. That question came up at Sunday’s discussion at the Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting. The Friends invited me to speak at the gathering that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Dec. 15, 1975 bombing of the Friends meeting house and the...

Lainson Properties LLC and four other limited liability companies as well as Aaron Kay acquired 62.5% interest in several properties in the Northpark Town Center Condominium, Northpark Business Centre and Frampton Plaza plats in Urbandale, Polk County real estate records show. Lainson Properties, located in West Des...

"If homes have lost value, does this mean assessed value for property tax purposes will go down, taking real property tax obligations with it?. "I made myself laugh due to the odds against this." — Suzan Kelsey Brooks, West Des Moines. Context: We reported last week that there was...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines rabbi is related to one of the victims of the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Australia. The mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration killed 15 people, making it Australia's deadliest this century. Rabbi Levi Goldstein lives in Des Moines. His aunt...