Director of Des Moines redevelopment nonprofit steps down after 13 years
A city of Des Moines and Polk County-funded nonprofit redevelopment group is seeing a leadership change for the first time in ...
Des Moines schools to start 2 hours late Tuesday over frigid wind chills. What to know:
DMPS elementary schools will start at 9:40 a.m., middle schools will start at 10:30 a.m. and high schools will start at 10:15 ...
Des Moines Schools’ ‘Reimagining Education’ proposal presented to school board
Some changes could be coming to school grade levels at Des Moines Public Schools. The district’s Reimagining Education ...
These Afghans helped the U.S. military. Now, they seek help for Des Moines cultural center
Four leaders of the Afghan community established in Des Moines beginning in 2021 are on a quest to build a mosque and ...
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Tiny village solution to homelessness in Des Moines will go before city council
A Des Moines nonprofit is trying for a second time to win approval to build a tiny home village to provide permanent ...
West Des Moines to add 3rd ice rink to MidAmerican RecPlex
The West Des Moines City Council took the first big step toward adding a third ice rink to the Mid-American Energy Rec Plex on Grand Avenue, with the unanimous ...
Des Moines street temporarily closed due to ruptured gas main
A stretch of East Grand Avenue in Des Moines had to be temporarily closed Wednesday afternoon due to a ruptured natural gas ...
Voting open for next round of the Des Moines Register's Student of the Week
With a new year comes a new Des Moines Register's Student of the Week poll. This week's poll pits three Des Moines Public ...
MLK Day celebrations happening in Des Moines
Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated across the country on Monday and here in the metro, there are a variety of ...
Jason Aldean bringing his kind of party to Des Moines
Des Moines has been set as a stop on country music star Jason Aldean’s new tour. The Full Throttle Tour 2025 kicks off in May ...
Two people arrested after string of robberies in Des Moines
Des Moines police have arrested two people after three armed robberies were reported over 30 minutes on Saturday. 36-year-old ...
Des Moines fire crews respond to overnight garage fire
Des Moines firefighters are trying to figure out what caused a garage fire overnight. The call came in at 1:15 a.m. Monday. Firefighters raced to a home on Bowdoin Street near Riverview Park. It took ...