Thirty-five Iowa schools are in need of assistance, and 12 of them are in the Des Moines Public Schools district, a new ...

EPA says parts of Des Moines, Raccoon, Iowa, Cedar and S. Skunk rivers should be added to Iowa's impaired waters list because of high nitrate levels.

Republicans elected to keep Pat Grassley as the House Speaker for the next legislative session. Grassley has held the gavel since 2019. Over in the Senate, Jack Whitver was chosen to continue as ...

Hawkeyes columnist Chad Leistikow has served for 30 years with The Des Moines Register and USA TODAY Sports Network. Chad is ...

Public comments are being gathered and a public hearing on the proposed rules is scheduled for December in Des Moines.

You can sign up for these after registration. Bikers pass the steps of the Iowa Capitol as they ride into downtown Des Moines ...

Iowa candidates have until Nov. 18 to request a recount in their race. Here's who plans to ask for a recount and how the process works.

The fourth-generation owner of a small newspaper in Iowa worked through tough times by thinking of the autoworkers who built ...

The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors signed an agreement at its regular weekly meeting Wednesday which provided a former Des Moines County Conservation park ranger with an insurance payout ...

Santa Claus will be making his way down the chimney for Webster County senior citizens this year. Upper Des Moines Opportunity and Elderbridge Agency on Aging are offering the Santa For Seniors ...

The Iowa State Board of Education is finalizing the process that schools will use to ban books that depict sex acts from ...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds held her annual Harvest Festival fundraiser in Des Moines, where she made immigration a key message. The law bans most abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, with narrow ...