Des Moines News

A Drake University student was hospitalized on Sunday for apparent alcohol poisoning.

A raucous crowd filled Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday night as the AMA Arenacross Series provided a sneak preview of the 2010 season at the second annual Des Moines prequel race.

Waukee High School senior Christopher Fisher has begun a seven-month internship at the Iowa Senate.

This contest is for you, local food and restaurant lovers. You know who you are: You debate who serves the best pork tenderloin.

Officials confirmed to KCCI on Friday that the Petland store in West Des Moines has closed.

About 350 World War II veterans are flying home from a whirlwind trip to Washington, D.C., in the last in a series of Des Moines Honor Flights.

It's been a dozen years since "Rent" opened on Broadway and five since it last came to Des Moines.

Edmunds The English Language Learner Class recently welcomed a new class member, Cliff.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty addresses Iowa Republicans at the Leadership for Iowa event, Saturday, Nov.

Searchers have found a body in the Des Moines River near where a 29-year-old road construction worker disappeared on Halloween.

About 500 couples went on a hunt for jewelry in Des Moines on Saturday. Joseph Jewelers invited them to Nollen Plaza to begin a series of challenges that would lead one of the couples to a $12,000 diamond ring.

By W.E. Moranville, Datebook Diner Special to Metromix Life's too short, and there are too many great foods in the world to squander a meal indifferently, filling up on nothing special.

You can find low-price Christmas cards in the Des Moines, Iowa area very easily.

City buses in Des Moines are now sounding alarms. The alarms are part of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority's latest effort to keep pedestrians safe while buses navigate the streets.

Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin is set to make it official. Aids say she will file papers with the Federal Elections Commission next week in a run for the U.S. Senate.

The future of Petland in West Des Moines appears uncertain. Wednesday, the store was temporarily closed for inventory.

Searchers headed out early Friday to search for a West Des Moines man reported missing six days ago.

Extensive fire and smoke damage is reported this morning in a house fire at 1916 Willowmere Drive.

The trial of former Webster City accountant Doug Messerly is set to begin Dec. 1 in Hamilton County District Court.

November 5, 2009 They call it a firearms simulator but it's really designed to train law enforcement to never have to draw their gun.