Des Moines IA

DES MOINES, Iowa — A metro university is receiving national recognition, and it’s a unique honor. Almost a month ago, Grand View’s “Viktor the Viking” went to Daytona Beach to compete in the national Collegiate Mascot Championships. Viktor was the only NAIA mascot to compete at the national level, with all other mascots being from […]

DES MOINES, Iowa — One person was injured in one of four gunfire incidents overnight Sunday to Monday, the Des Moines Police Department said. DMPD received the first report just after 10 p.m. Sunday and the last just after midnight. The four incidents took place near:. Watrous Avenue &...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The weather stays quiet overnight, but we are keeping an eye on our next storm chance. After a warm and sunny afternoon, overnight lows fall into the mid to upper 40s under mostly clear skies. Monday brings the warmest air we will see all week...

(Bondurant) The Iowa State Patrol investigated a car versus motorcycle accident on Highway 65 and Hawthorne Crossing in Polk County on Sunday. According to the state police, the accident happened at 2:51 p.m. The injured are identified as the motorcycle driver, 45-year-old Jacob Flannery, of Colfax, his passenger, 36-year-old Sharon Bittner, of Bondurant, and 27-year-old Ana Kirkpatrick...

North Polk School Board Member Faces Assault Charge. (Polk County, IA) — A North Polk School Board member is facing an assault charge in Winterset. Ashley Delaney was taken to the Winterset Police Department after being charged on Friday, May 1. Delaney is listed as a director on the North Polk Board of Education’s website. Authorities have not released details about what led to the...

DES MOINES — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird congratulated Officer Gabriel Ackerson on his graduation from the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in a ceremony held at Rising Sun Church of Christ in Pleasant Hill on April 24. The officers were part of the 326th graduating class and completed...

If you heard the ping-ping of hail on your roof sometime last month, you were not alone. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says we had 130 severe hail reports in April, and it wasn’t limited to Iowa. “You look across the Midwest and even the southern states, monster hail across the southern states. We haven’t seen that size of hail on a widespread basis...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — An arrest has been made in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 14-year-old girl who was riding a scooter Sunday night. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Mario Palafox-Manzano, 18, is being held in the Polk County Jail on charges of: The crash happened around 6:25 p.m. near the intersection […]

State regulators have ordered additional training for a nursing home worker accused of failing to intervene when a resident was in respiratory distress. The resident’s family allegedly had to call 911 to obtain medical assistance, and the resident subsequently died, according to state records. The Iowa Board of Nursing alleges that in July 2024, 55-year-old […]

We could be looking at a lot of flowers in May as state climatologist Justin Glisan says we had a record amount of April showers. They put the month in the top ten for precipitation. He says April was also warmer, with the statewide average temperature just above 52 degrees.