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

RAGBRAI is the world's oldest, longest annual bicycle tour. Here's what to know as it prepares for its 52nd year.

Here's what to know about Tom Vilsack, who will become the new president of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation.

The man Des Moines police officers shot during a felony warrant check Friday afternoon has died, according to the department.

Des Moines police shot a 36-year-old man wanted on a felony warrant Friday afternoon in the city’s Highland Park neighborhood ...

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Also, legislators considered a bill that would enhance penalties for individuals who wear a hood in an effort to conceal ...

Thirteen people made it out of a King Irving neighborhood home safely Friday morning after a fire was reported in the ...

A Des Moines man was sentenced to almost two decades in prison on Thursday for distributing fentanyl that resulted in the ...