The metro's elected officials, stakeholders and academics weigh in on what Des Moines needs to do to stay on the right track.

Two bird watchers rescued an osprey they found sitting in the middle the road in West. It is a 19-year-old who repopulated ...

Here are the Des Moines Register's female Athlete of the Week candidates from the Des Moines metro area for the week of June ...

Witnesses say they saw an 18-year-old man go under the water while swimming, but did not see him come back up.

First responders are searching the Raccoon River in West Des Moines for an 18-year-old man who went under the water and never ...

The search for a missing swimmer resumed Monday morning at Raccoon River Park. Sgt. Dan Wade of the West Des Moines Police Department said emergency responders were ...

West Des Moines police are investigating after a body was discovered in a vehicle early Friday morning. Authorities say ...

Police in West Des Moines are investigating a death after a body was discovered in the parking lot of the Barnes & Noble ...

Officers responded to the parking lot of Barnes and Noble, located at 4550 University Ave. in West Des Moines, around 9 a.m. Friday.

Cajun Fest is back and adding some spice to Iowa nice for 2025. Promising some real southern comfort, Cajun Fest has been ...

Local officials are warning more than half a million Iowans in the state's capital city and suburbs that near-record levels of pollutants in its rivers could make drinking water dangerous if immediate ...

Witnesses say they saw an 18-year-old man go under the water while swimming, but did not see him come back up.