Des Moines IA

A Perry woman faces assault and harassment charges after allegedly kicking in a bathroom door in the course of a domestic dispute Monday. Lola Florea, 38, of 1402 Willis Ave., Perry, was charged with first-offense domestic abuse assault, third-degree harassment and fifth-degree criminal mischief. The incident began...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants, schools and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including offenses related to rodents, cockroaches, long-expired food, moldy hummus and operating without a license. The...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa has one of the country's largest water quality monitoring networks and some of the highest nitrate levels in the nation. Now, the program that monitors these levels says we can see changes to the program as soon as this upcoming spring. Marty St. Clair,...

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the annual harvest proclamation affecting the transportation of agricultural products across Iowa. The proclamation allows vehicles carrying grains, hay, straw, silage, stover, manure, and fertilizer to exceed standard weight limits without a permit. It also allows vehicles to have a...

Tracks on golf course | dies-irae He smashed a dealership, stole $30k in bikes, then fled through a country club The post Missouri man drags 3 stolen Harleys across golf course during police chase appeared first on MotorBiscuit .

Have you ever awakened in the middle of the night thinking you've heard something? Or maybe you've seen something move out of the corner of your eye, just to find it vanish when you've looked closer? Either way, everyone has strange little experiences every now and then, and this can lead to great stories. I […]

The number of unsheltered people in Polk County reached a record high this summer, continuing an upward trend local leaders say underscores the metro's affordable housing crisis, according to a new report from local nonprofit Homeward. The big picture: Outreach staff counted 210 unsheltered people in Polk County from...

Friday, Oct. 9th, 2025 is a red letter day for Norwegian-Americans in North Iowa. To the very day, it is the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the first boatload of Norwegians to the United States. It is the bicentennial of the start of one of the greatest mass migrations in history. It is how North Iowa was...

As Halloween creeps closer, the thrill of pranks hangs in the air, but one misstep could lead to a night in jail.

URBANDALE, Iowa (KCCI) -- Each year, thousands of young Iowa girls build courage, confidence and character through Girl Scouts. There is a troop in Central Iowa also breaking barriers. Troop 535 celebrates culture as the state's first and only bilingual troop. At the group's first meeting of the school year,...