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

Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson has announced his retirement after more than 20 years with the college and more than 40 years in higher education.

In honor of Caitlin Clark's No. 22 jersey being retired this weekend by the University of Iowa, Raygun has hung "Forever 22" ...

A new "school of intellectual freedom" at the University of Iowa was among the sprawling higher ed priorities Iowa lawmakers ...

We know the kind of damage that will be done and the lives that will be lost if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is put in charge of our ...

Sam Summers is ready to reveal his latest venture, Tom Archer's Poor Man's Country Club, under the Val Air Ballroom.

Druzin is quoted as saying that the recent general election was a “wake up call” to anyone who didn’t think Christian ...

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Michael Wolnerman reflects on the lessons his family learned facing tragedy.

Living History Farms welcomes visitors Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's located in Urbandale, Iowa, about 10 miles northwest of downtown Des Moines. It's best reached by car.

More than 1,400 refugees expecting to reunite with family members and resettle in Iowa this year are now waiting indefinitely ...

Two western Iowa nursing homes with a history of regulatory violations have been added to a federal list of the nation’s ...

Iowa’s new House Higher Education Committee has introduced a spate of study bills directed at Iowa’s public, private and ...