Des Moines, located where the Raccoon River and Des Moines River meet, officially got it's name on this date in 1857.

If you're looking for a cheap place to live, Iowa is home to some of the most affordable cities in the Midwest, according to the Motley Fool.

City officials in Des Moines notified the DNR of a sanitary sewer overflow near a Starbucks, located at SE 14th Street and East Diehl Avenue.

The city of Des Moines and its legal team will negotiate with a developer, seeking to make his townhome project more acceptable to the neighborhood.

Late in 2024 the City of Des Moines ordered all homeless camps to be removed. Now the City Council is weighing an option for temporary housing for homeless. “There’s

The public has spoken: Des Moines is home to the best independent coffee shop in the state of Iowa. OnDeck, a small business lending company, ranked the best independent coffee shops based on customer reviews posted to TripAdvisor.

Overnight snow is leaving a light dusting on the roads for morning commuters. It's slowly clearing as nearly 200 plows across Iowa work to clear the interstates. Drivers are still advised to be cautious on less-traveled roads. More covered roads and slick spots in Eastern Iowa are causing multiple crashes closer to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

A Des Moines nonprofit is trying for a second time to win approval to build a tiny home village to provide permanent affordable housing for people who are homeless.

Jam 2025 is visiting a total of 38 cities and bringing acts like Skillet, Anne Wilson and KB to Des Moines' Wells Fargo Arena.

Eight weeks into meteorological winter, Iowa continues to fall further behind on snowfall. In Des Moines, only 4.7 inches has accumulated since the first measurable snow arrived December 2. That puts the metro area nearly 14 inches behind normal at this point in the season. Snowfall in parts of northern Iowa is nearly 20 inches below average.

The developers behind the Star Lofts, Iowa's first zero-carbon certified building, are working on another project close by.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, speaking at an anti-abortion event Monday at the Iowa Capitol, said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans