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Winter may be growing ever closer, but there are still plenty of chances to head to an arboretum just half an hour west of ...

This fall, four students from Traditional Karate Academy in Des Moines brought home four medals from the World Traditional ...

Some areas saw more than an inch and a half of rain at a time when Iowa is once again facing drought conditions.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Democrat looking to unseat an incumbent ... “We’ll get them down,” he told shoppers during a ...

Thirty-five Iowa schools are in need of assistance, and 12 of them are in the Des Moines Public Schools district, a new ...

He then reopened a couple blocks west at 700 Locust St. in the Greater Des Moines Partnership building skywalk, near the ...

The Iowa State Board of Education is finalizing the process that schools will use to ban books that depict sex acts from ...

It’s one of the age-old standoffs: developer vs. neighbors. “I just don’t think it’s appropriate,” says Channing Swanson, who lives in the Westwood neighborhood on Des ...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds held her annual Harvest Festival fundraiser in Des Moines, where she made immigration a key message. The law bans most abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, with narrow ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS NOW. A DES MOINES FAMILY IS STILL LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER A MURDER IN ASHWORTH PARK OVER THE ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT FIVE. IN THE DIGITAL AGE. NOT ALLOWING PHONES IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOMS. SOUNDS LIKE A FOREIGN CONCEPT, ...