Des Moines IA

DES MOINES, Iowa — A new restaurant opened Thursday morning in downtown Des Moines that honors the city’s history. The Empire is located at the former Fong’s Pizza location on 4th Street. When the owners decided to move the pizzeria to the East Village, they uncovered the original floors in the building. Tiles wrote...

Denver-based rock quartet Sqwerv shared their Wonder EP via Mixtape Meditation. The band will also kick off their fall tour around the record tonight (October 2) in Des Moines, Iowa. Wonder follows two LPs Sqwerv released in 2024, Mirage and Hors D’oeuvres. On September 12 the prolific band — guitarist...

Despite the Des Moines school board learning of the false claims on his 2023 application, Roberts was still hired for the position, leading a district with close to 30,000 students. More drama has come to light regarding former Iowa Superintendent Ian Roberts, as documents show he was hired after the...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — A Clive woman was booked into the Polk County Jail early Thursday morning on charges related to a more than $620,000 theft from her former employer, the owner of multiple Pizza Huts in the Midwest. Joni Dorfman, 69, is charged with first-degree theft, first-degree fraudulent practices, and...

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...