Local 5 rounded up five events happening around the Des Moines metro this weekend to distract you from the November gloom.

In the mayoral race at Des Moines’ Blank Park Zoo, voters turned out for a young, sharp candidate with lots of charisma.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Moderators Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier appear before ...

The Associated Press as of Wednesday has not called the race in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District because the margin is close ...

Spearheaded by the same company, Cutler Development, it will be another eco-friendly, mass-timber building with ...

Iowa Republicans have strengthened their grip on power in Iowa’s legislature, extending the wave of Republican wins seen ...

J. Ann Selzer’s Iowa Poll had previously been lauded as the “gold standard” because of its ability to accurately predict elections and detect activity late in the campaigns that later become apparent ...

Des Moines County continues to grapple with repercussions from a closed session to discuss Freedom of Information Act ...

Several tight Statehouse races in Iowa went to Republicans on Tuesday and increased their hold on the House and Senate.

A 26-year-old Webster City man has been accused of murdering a 10-month-old boy. In April of last year, first responders ...

Three of Iowa’s four GOP House representatives won reelection, and the fourth was too close to call Wednesday morning.

"I’m of course thinking about how we got where we are," Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., said in a statement.