Nearly all of Des Moines public golf courses will be open for golfers this weekend as temperatures near the 60s on Friday.

A Florida-based owner-operator of manufactured housing communities has acquired a mobile home park on Des Moines’ south side, Polk County real estate records show. Maplewood Communities, doing ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the status of Cub Scout Pack 75. Monday marked the end of an era for one local Cub Scout organization in Manhattan. Cub Scout Pack 75 ...

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Bakso, an adorable 5-month-old Sumatran tiger cub, can now be seen by Animal Kingdom park guests. He was the first tiger cub to be born at the park in seven years, with twins Anala and Jeda born ...

Construction is expected to begin in the next two years on multifamily projects that would add over 4,600 apartment units to the Des Moines area, according to CBRE Inc.’s recent market report.

“Students will not be taken from school without the consent of the principal and proper warrant,” according to a letter to district families from Superintendent Brad Buck. In West Des Moines ...

BREAKING NEWS. TWO PEOPLE ARE NOW DEAD AFTER A SHOOTING IN DES MOINES, LOWER BEAVER NEIGHBORHOOD THIS AFTERNOON. IT HAPPENED HERE ON LENORE DRIVE. POLICE SAY THE VICTIMS ARE 15 AND 24 YEAR OLD MALES.

APP. RIGHT NOW, DES MOINES POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE. THEY SAY DAMAGED HEADSTONES AT A CEMETERY. POLICE SAY 100 HEADSTONES AT WOODLAND CEMETERY WERE TOPPLED OVER OR BROKEN LAST MONTH.

The Des Moines Police Department is asking the public for information after suspects toppled over or broke about 100 headstones at Woodland Cemetery in mid January. The department's Crimes Against ...