In a victim impact statement, the mother of the victim wrote, "I don’t expect everything to go my way, but I do expect for my ...

Des Moines now has its first rideshare hub in the downtown core, a move city officials say will help improve public safety ...

Nyang Mai Chamdual was 14 in 2022 when he fired shots from a .38 revolver during a drive-by that killed one teenager outside East High School and critically injured two others.

During a plea hearing on Wednesday, Jovahn Mathis said he had left the Ellipsis group home "in a state of extreme anger" and that Kathleen Galloway-Menke had made him even angrier when she stepped in ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds took the extraordinary step of filing a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, asking for an injunction ...

A Polk County jury convicted a Des Moines man of first-degree murder for beating his girlfriend to death in 2024. 61-year-old ...

Smith, 28, Belle Plaine, first offense domestic abuse assault — injury or mental illness, deferred judgment, pay fine of $430 plus interest and court costs. Akayshia Schrader, 19, Vinton, first ...

Shannon Allen not only wants justice for her daughter, but for other families who have also had loved ones die to fentanyl. Her daughter, Kristen Ewing, was 25 years old when she died of an overdose ...

Des Moines City Council members unanimously approved raising parking fines to $20 from $15 within city limits — a proposal ...

COLUMBUS - The former partner of Polk County Sheriff Timothy Wright alleges that he assaulted her husband outside her home May 13. District Court Judge Corey MacKinnon denied a request ...