Des Moines News

A 13-year-old boy died at his home Monday morning after a fire. The fire occurred at 7:07 a.m. at 231 East Washington Ave.

What's so bad about the new name for Des Moines' hockey team, the Iowa Chops? You've obviously never heard of Salisbury University in Maryland, home of the Fighting Steaks.

A tip from a television viewer helped police catch a suspected bank robber Wednesday and recover the money taken during a holdup hours earlier.

The football team went 0-11 in 1973, my first year at the University of Iowa. So porous was the team's defense that one of the Hawkeyes set an NCAA record for kickoff return yardage.

AMES, Iowa -- Dozens of Iowa cyclists were sidelined by a possible prank during their ride Wednesday morning, reported KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Aides to Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, say he is expected to leave the hospital after undergoing surgery.

A 20-year-old man and a teenager charged with killing a man outside a suburban Des Moines bar are scheduled to go on trial in October.

A Hiawatha man has been charged with trying to hire someone to kill his ex-wife. Court records unsealed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday show that Daniel Dostart contacted a man in Idaho to help him hire ...

Des Moines police are investigating a bank robbery Wednesday morning. The robbery happened around 9:45 a.m. at the Banker's Trust location at 655 Southeast Army Post.

An expert witness whose admission of a pornography addiction led to new trials for a pair of Iowa sex offenders has been indicted on federal charges.

Supporters of likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Tuesday took aim at a new television ad from Republican rival John McCain that attacks Obama's record on funding for troops and questions his ...

A Des Moines man and a Des Moines teenager charged in the June 15 shooting at Razamatazz Grill & Bar in Urbandale will face a jury trial at 9 a.m. Oct.

State lawmakers have expressed concerns over the roughly 600 small Iowa communities that don't have sewer systems.

The Iowa Board of Regents voted today to reopen an investigation of how the University of Iowa handled allegations that football players sexually assaulted a female student-athlete in a dormitory after it was ...

The Iowa Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court's decision overturning the conviction of a man accused of abducting and molesting a toddler at the Des Moines Public Library.

The estate of Des Moines businessman Edward Boesen has been accused of falsely representing the value of a brokerage account used to obtain a $3.8 million loan last year, court records show.

Animals are among the Cedar Rapids residents needing to start over after last month's floods.

The U.S. Border Patrol came to recruit out of the West Des Moines Sheraton last week, begging the questions: Why Iowa? Why now? It turns out the agency that captures unauthorized border-crossers is being given ...

A former North Dakota psychologist who examined sex offenders is facing child pornography charges in federal court.

MidAmerican Energy is reporting outages affecting some 160,000 customers in Iowa this morning.