A central Iowa school district has hired a collection agency to go after more than $70,000 in unpaid student fees.

Lisa McAninch of Norwalk still has the box filled with little people and birds that she collected from yard sale finds as a kid.

We're sitting in the dirty grass beside the Triple Rock. The sky is getting dark and streetlight-pink, it's cold enough in mid-October that you start to notice, and Peter Miller is talking about trains going by.

Kimberly Price held back tears as she sat down in front of the mirror and stared at her long, golden locks.

Every week the Midwest Traveler pages in this section display wonderful photographs that Des Moines Register readers have taken on their travels.

A classic story with sword fights and humor are the highlights of Iowa Christian Academy's fall production, actors say.

Incumbents do lose elections. Unless they are a U.S. senator from Iowa or live in Terrace Hill, it happens all the time.

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Indianola voters ousted longtime mayor Jerry Kelley, 66, who received the fewest votes at 391.

Daylight savings time ends on Nov. 1. Remember to turn your clock back before going to bed on October 31.

When Gov. Chet Culver issued a 10 percent across-the-board cut earlier this month, he encouraged school districts to use their cash reserves to make up for the loss of state money.

Norwalk became the first Warren County city to join a regional effort to promote arts and culture in the greater Des Moines area.

The Norwalk Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a forum for voters to meet the Norwalk City Council and mayoral candidates before the Nov.

Every morning before class, Joel Thronson met his fellow drummers in the Norwalk High School band room to prepare for what happened Saturday.

Ever since Hotel Fort Des Moines got its dining act together with the fabulously buzz-worthy Django, I've been crossing my fingers and hoping the Savery might do the same.

While many spend their four years in college learning new drinking games, how to cram for a final exam in one night or creative ways to stomach Sodexo food, Alexander Grgurich ran for city council of Norwalk, Iowa.

Construction workers who installed a sidewalk in Norwalk this summer failed to notify state officials before they worked above high-pressure gasoline and butane pipelines, according to Iowa's top prosecutor.

Jennifer Thompson's handmade artisan soaps with scents like mango tea, margarita and raspberry lemonade might smell good enough to eat, but it's not recommended.

Norwalk city officials and property owners along Pine Avenue hoped a state grant would help pay to fix an eroding drainage channel, but their application did not make the cut.

Every day at work, I walk past the historic Register front pages lining the hallway outside the newsroom.