DES MOINES — Bills to create a five-year moratorium on new state-licensed casinos in Iowa have been introduced by Republicans in both chambers of the Iowa Legislature. The legislation could ...

DES MOINES — Hoping to shield Iowa’s public universities from potential backlash to policy changes enacted by lawmakers, Republicans pushed forward a bill that would allow them to sue private ...

Caribou Coffee expands its central Iowa footprint with two new locations. The first opened on Wednesday at the intersection of Keosauqua Way and Crocker Street, just off I-235. This marks the second ...

Alt-rock band Modest Mouse is coming back to the Des Moines area for a second summer. Here's when to see the tour at the Val ...

The Des Moines Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa will return in summer 2025 to northern Iowa, including an overnight stop in Forest City on Tuesday, July 24. RAGBRAI, which is from ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday sided with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and kept a temporary block on an Iowa law that makes it a state crime for ...

This week on the podcast, we talk about 2024 fundraising numbers for Iowa politicians and the upcoming special election for the Iowa Legislature. Plus, get your weekly dose of Iowa Legislature ...

Elections for county supervisors in the state’s most populous counties would change under a bill being considered in the Iowa Legislature. The Iowa Senate Local Government Subcommittee advanced ...

Henry Stone, a Republican from Forest City, and considered Tuesday by a three-member panel of other lawmakers in the Iowa House. Republican Reps. Bill Gustoff, of Des Moines, and Christian ...

The plan, dubbed “Reimagining Education,” responds to years of declining enrollment and budget cuts in Des Moines Public Schools. Since 2019, DMPS has been steadily losing students ...

A stretch of E. Grand Avenue in Des Moines had to be temporarily closed Wednesday afternoon due to a ruptured natural gas line.The Des Moines Fire Department was on the scene shortly after noon ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's largest school district revealed a multi-year plan to combat declining enrollment and implement major improvements. The Des Moines Public Schools Reimagining Education ...