A man was booked into Polk County Jail Friday after police say he started a dumpster fire. In court documents, investigators allege Jason Wilson, 46, of South Carolina, was seen on motion-detecting ...

The Drake and UNI women collide in Missouri Valley Conference play in Des Moines Saturday. The recent history of this series ...

The Iowa Hawkeye women have a tough chore on Sunday when they host second-ranked USC. It will be part of a day that will feature the […] ...

It's a rare sight to see a giant inflatable ear of corn in the lobby of Des Moines Performing Arts, or to be offered a ...

Des Moines-based artist b. Robert Moore will have a piece, "Lost and Found," displayed at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City throughout the month of February.

Saturday, Feb. 1 marks National Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (yes, really) and several shops around the Des Moines metro are ...

There are 24 U.S. states that allow for citizen-led ballot initiatives, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Iowa is not among them. Some politicians want to change that.

Iowa is among 26 states that does not have a process that allows citizens an opportunity to begin the process of amending the state constitution; that process currently is started by state lawmakers.

A member of the Iowa House who has represented a district in the southeast corner of the state for the past four years has died at the age of 72.. Representative Martin Graber of Fort Madison was ...

The Madison County treasurer is in custody after being accused of several crimes while working in her role with the county.

Car accidents are an unfortunate reality of modern life, and there’s no country that hasn’t experienced this problem. In the ...

In a vote of 68 to 31, the Iowa house passed a 5-year moratorium on casino licenses in the state Thursday, just one week ...