Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to a home in the 200 block of Northwest 51st Place on the north side of Des ...

Iowa will provide comprehensive coverage of 2024 election results and analysis: What to expect from the Des Moines Register ...

Des Moines, Iowa will begin trick-or-treating on Halloween for the first time since 1938 as the city's Beggars' Night was ...

Republican challenger Jake Heard got 35.2%. The two were vying for incumbent Democratic Rep. John Forbes' seat, who left to run for the District 2 seat on the Polk County Board of ...

Amid mounting health risks and changing weather patterns, advocates urge the EPA to intervene, citing the limits of Iowa’s ...

Many metro communities have moved, or are considering moving, Beggars’ Night to the Saturday before Halloween. West Des ...

Have sake and sushi, be surrounded by "Mesmerica," watch "Charlotte's Web" or "Last Stop on Market Street" this weekend in ...

Charges have been filed against the driver who police say hit and killed a woman in a Hy-Vee parking lot last month.

The Des Moines Police Department on Monday released officers' body camera footage that provides a look at the moments that ...

The Des Moines Register reviewed campaign finance data from Jan. 1, 2023, through the end of the most recent filing period on Oct. 14 to identify some of the most expensive Iowa Statehouse races.

A surprising poll just days before the election shows Vice President Kamala Harris holding a three point lead in Iowa over ...

The Des Moines Whiskey Festival took place this weekend, giving the community the opportunity to taste whiskey’s from around ...