Des Moines, located where the Raccoon River and Des Moines River meet, officially got it's name on this date in 1857.

Iowa lawmakers on Tuesday shelved a bill that would allow surgical castration to be imposed as a punishment for certain sex ...

The legislation is similar to a law passed in Louisiana, which last year became the first U.S. state to permit judges to ...

While Iowa is recovering from a cold snap with negative 30 wind chill, the state is running about 20 to 30 inches below ...

We began the day in the basement, with frigid temperatures as seen below, and wind chills in some cases lower than -30.

Under the proposed legislation — the full language of which has not been released — all Iowa school districts would be ...