A city of Des Moines and Polk County-funded nonprofit redevelopment group is seeing a leadership change for the first time in ...

DMPS elementary schools will start at 9:40 a.m., middle schools will start at 10:30 a.m. and high schools will start at 10:15 ...

President Biden in 2022 announced Admiral Linda Fagan as the new commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard making her the first ...

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who is a member of the Armed Services Committee, the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the ...

A Des Moines nonprofit is trying for a second time to win approval to build a tiny home village to provide permanent ...

The Des Moines Register celebrated its 175th anniversary on July 26, 2024. See some of the people who have brought Iowans the ...

Des Moines police have arrested two people after three armed robberies were reported over 30 minutes on Saturday. 36-year-old ...

City officials voted unanimously to approve an application seeking federal funding for the project entailing 43 shelters ...

Des Moines firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a garage fire overnight. The call came in at 1:15 a.m. Monday. Firefighters raced to a home on Bowdoin Street near Riverview Park. It took ...

Climate action proponents say the layoffs will make it harder for the local government to reach its net zero emission goal by ...

Sustainability and climate action took center stage at Monday evening's Des Moines City Council meeting as community members flooded City Hall to decry city officials' recent decision to axe its ...

Part of an ongoing series. While fast-growing suburban cities have dangled property tax abatements to lure data warehouses and other new developments, Des Moines has focused steadfastly on ...