New body camera and surveillance footage shows the moments leading up to police killing Charles Leonard III in downtown Des ...

Polk County says someone is pretending to be a bond agent and giving fake bail amounts to release family or friends from jail ...

A report released by the Attorney General's Office says Des Moines police were justified in the shooting death of a ...

Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham said the officers "believed their actions were necessary to save the lives of officers and others in the surrounding area." ...

"It was reasonable for (officers) to conclude that their lives, the lives of other offices on scene, and the lives of everyone in the building and area were in imminent danger at the time the deadly ...

The Office of the Attorney General of Iowa and the Polk County Attorney's Office determined the use of deadly force by ...

A Des Moines woman has been arrested on felony drug charges after a traffic stop in Sheldon. According to a criminal ...

Some areas of the state have seen more than 4 inches of snowfall after a fast-moving storm hit the area producing snow ...

Plan on snowy and slick conditions across central Iowa on Thursday, with snow accumulations between 2-4 inches expected.

Twenty-two homicides were recorded in the Des Moines metro in 2024. The large majority — 17 — were committed in Des Moines, which is three more than last year in Iowa's capital city but still short of ...

As the year 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back on a year’s of news that appeared in the pages of the. These headlines were curated by Courier staff, and come from reporting by the Courier and ...

The Audubon County Fair has been recognized by the Association of Iowa Fairs as one of six “Blue Ribbon Fairs” in 2024. The ...