Des Moines Metro News

Eds: APNewsNow; Will be led. By BETH FOUHY Associated Press Writer DES MOINES, Iowa John McCain is calling on Russia to cease military action in Georgia and withdraw its forces.

August 7, 2008-- A Des Moines teenager is accused of trying to drive away after crashing into a van, then fatally striking a motorist on a scooter, and finally hitting a utility pole.

DES MOINES Iowa swing voters rank economic issues at the top of their concerns going into the 2008 presidential election and stress bipartisanship as a solution to the country's fiscal problems, according to a ...

A former Catholic school principal accused of trying to meet a teenage girl for sex has pleaded guilty.

In an unassuming office in Des Moines, Iowa, law enforcement agents from state, federal, county and city agencies are all gathered under one roof in what has become a model of intelligence sharing.

A South Dakota state geologist says he's not worried by an aquifer that underlies all or most of the site for a planned $10 billion crude oil refinery north of Elk Point.

August 6, 2008-- Des Moines Police have arrested a teenager involved in a morning hit-and-run accident that ended with the death of a scooter driver.

A Des Moines man is recovering from a stabbing that occurred outside the Kamodo Klub, 214 Third St., early Tuesday morning.

A driver and three passengers were taken to a Des Moines hospital early today after being injured in a traffic accident in the 1700 block of East Broadway Avenue.

Inside George's Hot Dog Shop is a story of couple who came to Sioux City nearly 40 years ago from Greece, they had relatives in the area, but no understanding of the english language.

Hardly anyone who tries to kill himself is thinking clearly at the time. Bill Lewis wasn't. He was a mess.

A Des Moines man was charged with first-degree robbery this morning in a holdup at the Hy-Vee Food Store at 3424 Martin Luther King Jr.

Thunderstorms erupted early Tuesday across Iowa, bringing strong winds and large hail.

Two 12-year-old boys have been referred to Polk County Juvenile Court as suspects in a fire on a roof at the Des Moines Botanical Center.

August 4, 2008-- There's new information in the stabbing death of Dean Davis. A police source tells Channel 13, Davis' death on July 26th in Des Moines, may have been the result of a game.

Some blown fuses are to blame for a power outage in Des Moines. MidAmerican Energy says about 3,800 customers were without power for several hours Sunday night.

DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. attorneys office and a federal judge are defending the use of documents, including scripts, that were given to attorneys as well as workers arrested in an immigration raid at an Iowa ...

DES MOINES, Iowa - After several months of below average temperatures, Iowa was seeing its first real spell of hot weather Sunday.

The state's weather warning sirens are a patchwork of old and modern equipment that receives no state oversight, according to the Des Moines Sunday Register.

A couple of years ago, a man accused of forging tickets to 'The Lion King' musical was holed up in an apartment refusing to come out unless he could talk to one man: Ronald Foster.