Des Moines IA

WAUKEE, Iowa — Several families in the metro are left scrambling to find a place for their loved ones to be cared for after a long term care senior facility announced it is closing in November.  Thirty residents, plus staff members, at Independence Village in Waukee were given a 60-day notice last week. They said […]

(Norwalk) -- Tomorrow, Norwalk’s mayor plans to send an initial proposal to Buc-ee’s in hopes of bringing the mega gas station to Iowa. “There are a lot of people in town who know what Buc-ee’s is and what it could bring to the community in as far as revenue goes,” said Tom Phillips, Mayor of Norwalk. “I think they’d...

(Radio Iowa, 10/1/25) – Iowans who are flying today are warned to get to the airport earlier than usual. The federal government shutdown, which started at midnight, is not supposed to impact TSA or air traffic control, but fliers are warned that security lines may be longer and some flights may be delayed. Sarah...

(Windsor Heights, IA) -- The Windsor Heights Fire Department is raising money for a Safe Haven Baby Box, which would provide a way for people to anonymously relinquish their newborns. Safe Haven Baby Boxes allow parents to anonymously surrender their baby by placing them inside the box at a designated...

(West Des Moines) A single vehicle crash claimed the life of a Madison County man. The Iowa State Patrol says 25-year-old Nicholas James Henry, of Truro, Iowa, died in the crash. According to the report, Henry was southbound at the 4400 block of SW Grand Prairie Parkway in West Des...

DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa — A Des Moines woman has been arrested and charged after leading authorities on a high speed chase along Interstate 80 Wednesday morning. According to Dallas County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Bret Maxwell, the chase was initiated in Waukee by local law enforcement and later taken over by Dallas...

(RNS) — ‘From the very beginning, we did not feel like strangers. We did not feel like outsiders,’ said a leader of the mosque, whose inauguration drew some 15,000 celebrants. The post Opening of Iowa mosque becomes a celebration of refugees’ resilience and interfaith unity appeared first on RNS .

Every Tuesday through Friday, commuters are used to seeing a man waving at them at a busy intersection in Urbandale, but now they can learn more about the man behind the wave.

DES MOINES, Iowa — It has been five days since the arrest of former Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts by Immigrations Custom Enforcement. The Des Moines School Board had to act quickly after the arrest to name Associate Superintendent Matt Smith as the interim. Since then, the board placed Roberts on paid administrative...

In recent years, Altoona, Iowa has become a premier destination for data center development, drawing industry leaders like Meta and LightEdge with development-ready land and a pro-growth environment. Now, Tract, a developer of master-planned data center campuses, has announced a new, large-scale development in the...