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 Public Schools offers 5-year plan to improve education. What you should know:
The Cultivating Success: A Strategic Plan for Des Moines Public Schools — unveiled Tuesday during a board work session — ...
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 ...
West Des Moines crossing guard accused of using stranger’s kids for GoFundMe campaign
A Windsor Heights woman has been accused of using someone else’s kids in order to raise money on GoFundMe. According to court documents, in November a mother ...
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 ...
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 ...
Des Moines teen headed to World Axe and Knife Throwing Championship
Fourteen-year-old Liam Etter is headed to the World Axe and Knife Throwing Championship this April. Etter practices and competes in axe-throwing competitions at ...
Des Moines schools reimagine education with new 10-year plan
District leaders will share more about their vision at the State of the Schools event in February. There will be ...
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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 ...
Scene video: Neighbors rescue puppies from burning camper in Des Moines
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon ...
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 ...
Iowa weather: Dusting of snow in Des Moines
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), who is a member of the Armed Services Committee, the Veterans’ Affairs Committee and the ...