the Des Moines Children's Museum at Valley West Mall or Merle Hay Lanes, where Bodie is becoming an avid bowler. My favorite Iowa haunt: We are regulars at Waveland Cafe (maybe this will help my ...

Here are seven other Des Moines-area restaurants we'd recommend for the USA TODAY Restaurant of the Year list in 2025.

Des Moines Prep, a public charter high school coming to Des Moines' East Village, is officially taking applications for classes this fall — and giving an early look at its planned facilities.

The Des Moines Register staff took home 25 awards at the 2025 Iowa Newspaper Association contest, which honors the best work of newspapers across the state. The Register staff walked away from the ...

and the Iowa DOT was reporting delays of nearly 20 minutes.RAW VIDEO: Crash along I-80 stalls traffic 12:40 p.m. update: Des Moines police say a stretch of SE 14th Street is closed due to a ...

The Iowa Department of Transportation reports that Interstate 80 eastbound near Ashworth Road is closed due to a crash. As of 3:40 p.m., the left lane of the eastbound interstate between Exit 118 ...

Des Moines' city manager says cutting hours of city services, leaving open city positions unfilled and drawing from financial reserves all are options on the table to patch a $17 million hole in the ...

I live in: Des Moines. We're on the edge of Beaverdale ... the leading receiver for my championship flag football team) and Iowa State (where I led my intramural basketball team in technical ...

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (KWQC) - A man from Des Moines has been charged with sexual assault and other drug charges in West Burlington. The West Burlington Police Department said around 1:30 p.m ...

Some business people in downtown Des Moines said restrictions on people ... when the city council passed the vote. The ACLU of Iowa issued a statement that derided the ordinance, saying that ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Rock band Shinedown is coming to the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines this spring. The band, which has two new singles coming out on Friday (“Three Six Five, and ...

The main homeless shelter in downtown Des Moines, Central Iowa Shelter & Services (CISS), currently has 150 emergency shelter beds, but shelters 190 people every night through overflow.