Des Moines IA

Natural Grocers will celebrate Iowa Day Feb. 8-10 at its six Iowa stores with free reusable tote bags and $5-off coupons for {N}power members, the Lakewood, Colorado-based organic and natural grocery retailer announced Feb. 5. The celebration honors Iowa Statehood Day and marks the company’s nearly nine-year presence...

Iowa is gearing up to see another burger and craft beer restaurant enter the state for the first time. Ford's Garage , a 1920s-themed restaurant chain inspired by The Ford Motor Company, is eyeing several Iowa cities as part of its latest expansion. Where could Ford's Garage open restaurants in Iowa? The restaurant...

Flashing crossing signals and a speed limit reduction are among the changes Polk County plans to make following a traffic study along Iowa's famed High Trestle Trail, the site of a cycling death in the fall of 2025. Polk County staff, along with the consulting firm Bolton & Menk, published a study in late January...

Long-standing school vaccine requirements in Iowa could soon disappear.

(Des Moines, IA) -- A third man has now been sentenced in connection with the death of Bruce Murray. In November 2024, Des Moines police found the 65-year-old in his apartment with his hands bound behind his back and a cord wrapped around his neck. Investigators say three men stole...

Statewide Iowa (RI) — University of Iowa researchers have released phase one of their search to identify some of the reasons Iowa has the second highest rate of newly diagnosed cancers in the United States. The group examined demographic factors and behaviors, like smoking and binge drinking, and found...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The left lane of eastbound Interstate 235 was blocked Friday morning after a crash that appears to have resulted in a car landing on top of a pickup truck. At around 10:30 a.m., the Des Moines Police Department and Des Moines Fire Department responded to a report of a crash in […]

The Iowa State Patrol (ISP) Commercial Motor Vehicle Unit is asking drivers to use extra caution around trucks hauling oversized loads after a crash this week. Troopers say that the crash took place in Ankeny, Iowa, on February 5, 2026. The driver of a passenger vehicle struck a load of roof trusses “that were...

People convicted of several serious crimes would face a minimum 20-year prison sentence without parole under a bill advancing in the Iowa House. During a House subcommittee hearing, Mahaska County Attorney Andrew Ritland said he’s prosecuted people with more than 10 separate felony convictions, but each sentence was...

(Des Moines, IA) -- A bill designed to promote healthy lifestyles in Iowa takes aim at smokers. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is sponsoring the bill. A statement from her office says the legislation would raise the tobacco tax by 10% for wholesale cost and by 15% of retail costs on vape and consumable hemp products.