Des Moines News

DES MOINES, Iowa - A.J. Spiker has been elected the new chairman of the Iowa Republican Party.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Farmers and ranchers seeking information from the Farm Service Agency can do so more easily using smartphones with a new optimized website.

The ragtag Occupy Wall Street encampments that sprang up in scores of cities last fall, thrusting "We are the 99 percent" into the vernacular, have largely been dismantled, with a new wave of crackdowns and evictions in the past week.

Los Angeles - Publicists for singer Whitney Houston say the 48 year old singer has died.

Some argue that a bill now in the Iowa Legislature could infringe on privacy rights.

Connie Thomas' children, Shelby, 2, and Stephen, 13 months, died in a 1996 car crash.

Bitter cold, dangerous temperatures are expected overnight this weekend with readings hovering in the single digits, followed by a chance of snow on Sunday morning.

The 49-year-old is accused of misappropriating over $47,000 from the school district from July 2005 until November 2010.

The Better Business Bureau is warning residents to check their mailboxes. They say a company is targeting elderly Iowans with a product disguised as a bill.

People who go to the downtown hot spots of Court Ave. and East Village will soon have another area to check out because Walnut Street is schedule to be renovated.

A delivery driver for Jimmy Johns in Des Moines was robbed of $100 and the sandwich he was delivering Thursday night.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Former Supreme Court Justice David Baker, ousted from the court for his role in a 2009 decision legalizing gay marriage, has been elected to a commission that recommends finalists for judicial openings.

First Lady Michelle Obama dances with students at the event highlighting Iowa's Healthiest State Initiative during her tour celebrating the second anniversary of Let's Move!, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, Feb.

DES MOINES, Iowa - School officials have reported 53 laptop computers as stolen because some students at Des Moines' Public Charter School failed to return them at the end of the last school year.

Residents like Anita Denly find bed bugs and cockroaches roaming around in their apartment complex on a daily basis.

First lady Michelle Obama will visit Orlando this weekend as the final stop in a three-day national tour to commemorate the second anniversary of her "Let's Move" diet-and-exercise campaign.

John Gaines/The Hawk Eye State Auditor David Vaudt reacts to comments from the Great River Region Days delegates Wednesday as he prepares for his presentation at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines.

F exhibit: Feb. 7-28 B-F reception: 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 Where: Ankeny Art Center, 1520 SW Ordnance Rd., Ankeny Online: www.ankenyartcenter.com B-F students who are displaying art work: Seniors: Paul Newby, Ali Comegys, Brittney Climpson, Megan Miller, Aubree Edwards, Amanda Morton, Jake Morgan Juniors: Gabi Engle, Gary Sluder, Janean Stewart, ... (more)

A mere three months after being elected into office, State Senator Liz Mathis is already working on her re-election campaign.

Iowa lawmakers are set to meet with the Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Thursday in Washington, D.C., to discuss proposed removal of F-16 fighters from Des Moines.