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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services Director Kelly Garcia has resigned, the governor’s office announced Monday. Director of the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing (DIAL) Larry Johnson will succeed her in leading the department. Garcia served as head of the department for six years after...

UnityPoint Health – Des Moines Public Safety Department will be receiving a bullet and stab protective vest for its K9 Officer Skye thanks to a charitable donation from the non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. Skye’s vest will be embroidered with the sentiment “Born to Love-Trained to Serve-Loyal...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Des Moines firefighter who died of cancer last year was honored at the 2025 Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial in Colorado Springs this past weekend. Mike Broderick was one of 311 names added to the memorial wall, which pays tribute to firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty or to...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa State Patrol says five people were injured after a wrong-way driver on Interstate 35 hit a vehicle head-on. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash occurred Sunday just after 4:45 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35, near mile marker 87. Authorities say a Chevy Equinox was traveling...

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service says severe weather could fire up in some areas of the state. Forecasters say residents should remain vigilant today and tonight, as there is a Marginal Risk for severe weather across much of the state, with a slight risk extending to western and southwestern Iowa.

Welcome to our Ask Axios series, where we answer any of your questions about the Des Moines metro. Q: "With Kum & Go's sale to Maverik now finalized, what's going to happen to all of the Kum & Go signs? Four hundred stores and each one has multiple exterior signs. There must be thousands of them, right? And no place...

John Deere will lay off 141 employees at its Waterloo and Ankeny plants as weakening farm equipment demand and broader economic pressures. The post John Deere announces 141 more layoffs in Iowa appeared first on AGDAILY .

Five major U.S. states are bracing for possible tornadoes on Monday, September 22. Monday, September 22 is the first day of fall. It could be a rough one for part of the country. Heavy storms are expected to hit much of the country, with things getting extreme for a handful of U.S. states. ...

Iowa teacher wins big during 'Teacher's Week' on Wheel of Fortune.

Seven migrant farmworkers from Texas claim they were recruited to work in Iowa, where they were paid illegally low wages and forced to live in substandard housing, says Iowa Capital Dispatch. The workers are suing Remington Seeds, which operates a seed corn processing facility; and Javier Chapa, a Texas labor broker...