West Des Moines News

Voters in Des Moines will go to the polls again in December after no candidate in the Ward 1 or at-large council races captured more than 50 percent of the vote.

Collin Mathis of Clive has been awarded academic honor scholarships from Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, for the 201011 school year.

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

Voters will decide the next two years of city leadership in nearly 1,000 communities as people across the state head to the polls for city elections.

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

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

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

26 - A West Des Moines woman reported a theft from her vehicle, which was parked in her driveway.

Officials at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines have asked for a change to city zoning regulations that could lead to the installation of a 30-foot wind turbine on church property.

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.

West Des Moines voters Tuesday settled one hotly contested race, set up a December showdown in another, sent a popular councilman back to City Hall, and re-elected an unchallenged mayor.

Thousands of voters from across the Des Moines metro area will cast ballots in today's municipal elections.

Cerne Sales Co. of West Des Moines has signed an agreement to be the exclusive U.S. marketing agent for a Chinese company that is a leading global supplier of phosphates for animal feed, the company said Tuesday.

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

The West Des Moines city council is spending thousands of dollars to address a long-standing noise problem.

Voter turnout in today's municipal elections has been relatively light across Polk County, with exception of Ward 3 in West Des Moines, where voters will decide a hotly contested race to fill the seat that will be vacated by popular City Councilwoman Loretta Sieman.

Incumbent mayor Bill Peard and Councilman Isaiah McGee face off Tuesday for a two-year term as mayor of Waukee.

Six candidates will vie for three seats on the Waukee City Council in Tuesday's election.

Candidates in Tuesday's Des Moines City Council races have raised nearly $160,000 so far in the race, according to financial reports filed this week with the state.