Iowa Rep. Ray "Bubba" Sorensen introduced the bill after a bamboo shark bit a worker's hand in an aquarium in West Des Moines.

West Des Moines has a plan to deal with a busy, controversial piece of Ashworth Road when it begins a complete renovation of the busy east-west corridor next year.

The 2% property tax cap advocates want the Iowa Legislature to impose would require service cuts in West Des Moines, City Manager Tom Hadden says

An attorney for the City of West Des Moines, Iowa faced tough questions Thursday from an Eighth Circuit panel over the city’s disputed lower-court win in a contract dispute with a security contractor who publicly criticized the Black Lives Matter movement.

The head of the Iowa National Guard asked legislators to improve the Iowa National Guard Service Scholarship and add exceptions to the state’s chronic absenteeism law for high school military recruits and members.

We’ve been moving through the Midwest, analyzing ZIP codes in terms of their home values, and going state by state to identify the most expensive ones. Recently, we investigated the most expensive ZIP codes in Michigan and Wisconsin.

A bill that would make it a crime to let people pet sharks has been tabled in the Iowa Legislature. The bill was in response after […]

Valley High School saw 300 tardies and 580 unexcused absences per day during the first semester of school this year.

One of Des Moines’ most iconic summer attractions is on the chopping block. Faced with a budget deficit of $17 million, Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders is proposing

Iowa State men's basketball is back on the road, and it is searching for its first win at West Virginia since 2015. Here are three things to watch.

Many commuters in central Iowa will be waking up to partially covered roads after an overnight dusting. The Iowa Department of Transportation is reporting a crash in Altoona along U.S. 65 at the exit to I-80 Westbound. The crash is partially blocking that exit ramp.

An Iowa man has been invited to participate in the Inauguration Parade for President-elect Donald Trump next week. Gary Leffler, of West Des Moines, is the man behind 'America's Patriotic Tractor.' It's a specially-painted tractor that Leffler has taken to various parades and to events supporting Republican candidates,