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

A federal appeals court is siding with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and keeping a temporary block on an Iowa immigration law.

Des Moines is among the top ten metros for tech growth in the Midwest. Doug Ressler with Yardi Matrix, a real estate data and research firm, says central Iowa has a lot of positive factors, but the main one may be less population density.

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 a ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal appeals court on Friday ... which looks similar to Texas and Oklahoma laws that are also on hold while courts consider whether they unconstitutionally usurp federal ...

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

After a Trump administration memo to freeze federal grants and loans was reversed less than two days after it was issued, a Des Moines nonprofit's CEO says she's continuing to plan as if the funding may be revoked.

New legislation Hinson introduced, called the Swamp Act, would move federal agency headquarters out of Washington, D.C. She said she's happy to speak to Congress members about where different agencies make sense. Hinson co-sponsored the legislation with Democratic Rep. Jared Golden from Maine.

The Fort Dodge wrestling team is in the home stretch of the regular season, as they host Mason City here Thursday night beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Dodgers will honor their senior class, a group that includes defending state champion Koy Davidson along with Hunter Richardson,

The Hawkeyes' latest win reminds us of transition years in the past for Iowa women's basketball. Plus, football and men's hoops talk.

State health officials are seeing a significant jump in the number of schools reporting high absence rates due to illness. Iowa Health and Human Services reports a boost statewide in respiratory virus infections like COVID-19,

This tactic is called a “ strategic lawsuit against public participation ,” or SLAPP for short, and it’s a tried-and-true way for wealthy and powerful people to punish their perceived enemies for their protected speech. It’s also a serious threat to open discourse and a violation of our First Amendment freedoms.