Iowa House Democrats on Saturday reelected Rep. Jennifer Konfrst as their leader as they prepare for the 2025 legislative session.

The downtown skyline of Des Moines is seen in the background of the Des Moines River. Credit: Phil Roeder/CC BY 2.0 Des Moines, Iowa, is a sprawling metro area of 740,000 people surrounded by ...

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No Republican filed to run. The district covers parts of West Des Moines, Clive and Windsor Heights. Celsi, of West Des Moines, has served in the Senate since 2019 and won the District 16 seat in ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going door-to-door for candy on All Hallows' Eve has long been ...

Masks of Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris are seen on display at The Theatrical Shop, Tuesday, Oct. 29, ...

All told, 44 journalists from the Des Moines Register, Ames Tribune and Iowa City Press-Citizen will work Election Day, into Wednesday morning and beyond to provide comprehensive coverage and analysis ...

It has been eight years since Urbandale Officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio were ambushed and killed.

The final survey of the 2024 race for the White House from the famed Des Moines Register newspaper puts the Democratic nominee at 47% over Trump at 44%, in what one pollster described as a ...

After weather forced Beggars' Night festivities to move to Halloween for the first time in more than 80 years, some central ...

Three of Iowa’s four GOP House representatives won reelection, and the fourth was too close to call Wednesday morning.

The Trump campaign released a memo from its chief pollster and its chief data consultant calling the Des Moines Register poll "a clear outlier," and saying that an Emerson College poll - also ...