Windsor Heights News

Fireworks and other Independence Day revelry will return to Colby Park on Saturday after being on hiatus last year due to work being done in the park.

To healthy in Pella: I'd rather wait for my health care visit than not have access to any at all.

The search for Evelyn Miller's killer remains a top priority for state and local investigators four years after the Floyd County 5-year-old was murdered.

A secret competition rages on in Urbandale. Who has the biggest fireworks shells: Living History Farms or the city of Urbandale? Cathy Conklin is confident she does.

Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson will have a busy upcoming holiday.

The Ankeny community has historically wholeheartedly supported its police department.

About 1,500 MidAmerican Energy customers were without power in the Urbandale area at about 9 p.m. Monday.

Register by July 3 for the inaugural Charles Gabus Memorial Bike Ride at 1 p.m. July 5 at Walker Johnston Park, 9098 Douglas Ave, in Urbandale.

Some things should never share the same space. Bleach and ammonia. Aluminum foil and a microwave oven.

The Windsor Heights Garden Tour is scheduled for June 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.

The best part of summer is still to come. Hometown festivals, art events and free movies abound this summer.

Police are investigating a death in Windsor Heights that happened Thursday night.

LORI GRAFF is a dietitian with Hy-Vee food stores in West Des Moines and Windsor Heights.

The summer is full of great outdoor concert series in the Des Moines metro area.

The annual Music in the Park series at Colby Park in Windsor Heights will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The Windsor Heights City Council at its Monday meeting approved a resolution authorizing the use of eminent domain to acquire property at 6336 Hickman Road.

For residents of Windsor Heights it's time to bust out the hedge clippers, trimmers, mowers and pruning sheers - not only to tackle basic yard work, but to enter the Most Beautiful Yard contest.

Police are investigating a shooting Sunday in the 1100 block of Ascension Street.

7101 University Ave., May 13 - A Hy-Vee employee reported the theft of $475.41 in goods after receiving two bad checks.

Four people were injured in a three-car crash tonight on westbound Interstate Highway 235 near the 63rd Street exit, according to Windsor Heights police.