During a plea hearing on Wednesday, Jovahn Mathis said he had left the Ellipsis group home "in a state of extreme anger" and that Kathleen Galloway-Menke had made him even angrier when she stepped in ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds took the extraordinary step of filing a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, asking for an injunction ...

A Des Moines police confrontation with man they say stole a car on the south side ends with him ramming police vehicle, being ...

Officials said witnesses reported seeing a man swimming in a lake near alligators before police arrived on scene.

A Polk County jury convicted a Des Moines man of first-degree murder for beating his girlfriend to death in 2024. 61-year-old ...

Smith, 28, Belle Plaine, first offense domestic abuse assault — injury or mental illness, deferred judgment, pay fine of $430 plus interest and court costs. Akayshia Schrader, 19, Vinton, first ...

Des Moines City Council members unanimously approved raising parking fines to $20 from $15 within city limits — a proposal ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Urbandale man and former employee of Freedom for Youth Ministries has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 7-year-old. 26-year-old Tylor Thomas Moore, of Urbandale, was ...

A Des Moines metro youth ministry employee has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a 7-year-old. Tylor Thomas ...

New details have been released about a former Burlington area man and former Burlington police reserve officer recently ...

The proposal would leave existing homes in Lake Wales Country Club and Oakwood in unincorporated Polk County ... Lake Wales County Club holds the only clay tennis courts in the area, and those ...