Des Moines IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - For the second time, a ransomware group has claimed to breach a learning system used by the University of Iowa, Iowa State and schools around the world, including local school districts like Iowa City, Des Moines and Marshalltown. The group Shiny Hunters shut down access...

ADEL, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dallas County judge has denied a request from Kristin Ramsey’s defense team to dismiss a search warrant for her current cell phone. Ramsey is charged with first degree murder in the April 2011 shooting death of Ashley Okland during an open house in West Des Moines.

The Perry Grand Theater has new owners, and they are planning a soft reopening in June with soft-serve ice cream, a cool summertime treat. The theater will continue to serve ice cream and provide free movies in the summer and during the week of Christmas, said J. P. Hulgan, one of the nine local stakeholders in the movie house. Hulgan’s fellow investors are...

DALLAS COUNTY, Iowa– An official ruling has been made in the Kristin Ramsey murder trial regarding an issue that attorneys on both sides have debated over for weeks. Ramsey’s legal team had filed a motion to quash a search warrant for her recent cell phone data, arguing there was privileged information on the device, such […]

Polk County Conservation and the Great Outdoors Foundation are collaborating to launch the Conservation Foundation of Polk County, or CFPC, this month, creating an independent organization to raise funds to support Polk County Conservation operations. Before the creation of the CFPC, the Great Outdoors Foundation functioned as the fundraising vehicle for Polk County Conservation. “This collaborative partnership will equate to a strengthened conservation ecosystem...

Treaty Oak Revival will be bringing their "West Texas Degenerate Tour" to Casey's Center in Des Moines on August 7, with tickets going on sale May 15.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Overdose deaths are surging in Des Moines, the police department said on Thursday. The Des Moines Police Department has responded to seven overdose deaths since the beginning of April — nearly half as many as in the entirety of 2025. This calendar year, detectives have responded to nine overdose deaths in total.

Considering The Mavericks’ long association with Knuckleheads , it’s makes sense that the country-rock band with a Latin flavor will kick off its The Music Lives on Tour at the treasured Kansas City concert venue. The Grammy-winning band announced its 28-stop tour earlier this week as a way to continue the legacy of Raul Malo, its longtime frontman who died of cancer...

NORWALK, Iowa — Multiple people are now without a home after a fire at an apartment complex in Norwalk. Around midnight Thursday, a fire broke out at Country View Apartments on East 17th Street, just north of Norwalk High School. Photos and videos of the scene neighbors shared with...

The crash occurred in a rural area of Iowa with a warning sign at the intersection where the vehicles collided