Polk County News

What you need to know to start your day, including weather, police radar locations and road closures: Dense fog will continue through this morning.

One of the most festive things about this time of year are the decorations, like some houses in Des Moines, but if you're going to be decorating your home, there are some things you need to do to be safe, first.

In Des Moines' Ward One, Bill Gray won the city council seat to represent the northwest part of the city.

Beaverdale resident Bill Gray will become the newest member of the Des Moines City Council after winning a runoff election Tuesday to represent the northwest area of the city.

A former trucker from Winterset convicted of a Des Moines double murder in October will spend the rest of his life in prison after a judge gave him two life sentences today.

A $450,000 grant approved Tuesday by the Polk County Board of Supervisors will pay for construction at the Drake University Archives, which will one day house documents and memorabilia from retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin.

The Iowa Board of Parole today is set to review the file of a dying inmate whose family and friends have urged the board to release her so she can spend her final days in hospice care outside of prison.

A man was given the wrong medications about 12 hours before he was found dead Sunday at the Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines, but a doctor determined the mistake did not contribute to the man's death, police said.

A couple that claimed to have smoked the synthetic drug K2 together Saturday resulted in a hospitalization, police said.

This Thanksgiving weekend kept Iowa officials busy with a homicide, a one-man crime spree, fires and fatal car crashes.

Des Moines' mobile radar unit will be located at several spots this week. The unit takes photos of speeding vehicles and license plates as they pass.

Where will the metro area's next Jordan Creek pop up? And when it does, will its employees have to catch a 30-minute bus ride to work? Or will they find affordable housing nearby? Those are among the questions local leaders say the recently finalized Tomorrow Plan aims to answer.

Police say a woman has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old man in Des Moines.

Let the wild rumpus start! Most of you reading this allegedly are adults, yet no doubt you recognize that classic line from a children's book.

For at least three years, a Des Moines veterans hospital employed a registered sex offender who was legally barred from working there.

The Ankeny Police Department is looking to the public for help in identifying two suspects involved in a burglary of an Ankeny laundromat overnight.

The Altoona Police Department is violating the state's open records law by not releasing an incident report of the drunken driving arrest of an Iowa senate candidate, according to a complaint filed today.

The Des Moines Water Works Board of Trustees approved a $35.2 million budget Tuesday that includes a 5 percent water rate increase.

Banking on a strong spring homebuying market and growing demand for townhouses, Des Moines-area builders rushed to lay foundations before winter set in.

The state's City Development Board on Thursday approved the voluntary annexation of 153 acres into Pleasant Hill, despite objections from residents opposed to a warehouse development proposed for part of the land.