Des Moines News

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty addresses Iowa Republicans at the Leadership for Iowa event, Saturday, Nov.

Searchers have found a body in the Des Moines River near where a 29-year-old road construction worker disappeared on Halloween.

About 500 couples went on a hunt for jewelry in Des Moines on Saturday. Joseph Jewelers invited them to Nollen Plaza to begin a series of challenges that would lead one of the couples to a $12,000 diamond ring.

By W.E. Moranville, Datebook Diner Special to Metromix Life's too short, and there are too many great foods in the world to squander a meal indifferently, filling up on nothing special.

You can find low-price Christmas cards in the Des Moines, Iowa area very easily.

City buses in Des Moines are now sounding alarms. The alarms are part of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority's latest effort to keep pedestrians safe while buses navigate the streets.

Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin is set to make it official. Aids say she will file papers with the Federal Elections Commission next week in a run for the U.S. Senate.

The future of Petland in West Des Moines appears uncertain. Wednesday, the store was temporarily closed for inventory.

Searchers headed out early Friday to search for a West Des Moines man reported missing six days ago.

Extensive fire and smoke damage is reported this morning in a house fire at 1916 Willowmere Drive.

The trial of former Webster City accountant Doug Messerly is set to begin Dec. 1 in Hamilton County District Court.

November 5, 2009 They call it a firearms simulator but it's really designed to train law enforcement to never have to draw their gun.

After the mass shootings broke out at Fort Hood, Iowa families waited for word from relatives who were stationed there.

What started as a test drive turned into a wild chase on Des Moines' southeast side on Wednesday.

Crews are working to fill Wells Fargo Arena's floor with more than 150 dump truck loads of dirt.

Traffic is moving slowly in the westbound lanes of Interstate Highway 235 at the Des Moines River Bridge near downtown Des Moines while police cover a traffic accident.

Posted on Nov 05, 2009 by admin . A Des Moines woman who pleaded guilty to multiple acts of child endangerment in the drowning of her infant son has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

Officials at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines have asked for a change to city zoning regulations that could lead to the installation of a 30-foot wind turbine on church property.

Cerne Sales Co. of West Des Moines has signed an agreement to be the exclusive U.S. marketing agent for a Chinese company that is a leading global supplier of phosphates for animal feed, the company said Tuesday.

A $17.5 million budget cut for the Des Moines school district will have more impact on the future than the current school year, according to district officials.