No Midwestern metro among the nation's 100 largest grew faster than Des Moines last year, new census estimates show ...

Opinion: Yards don't have to be manicured to be acceptable, but let's zero in on what practices are best, writes the Register ...

Iowa's first two Big Ten Tournament victories came largely on the offense's shoulders. Ty Langenberg showed Saturday how ...

Iowa court rules Exile Brewing can't intervene in probate estate of barkeeper Ruth Bisignano. The estate is suing Exile for ...

Parts of the new Iowa child labor law contradict federal labor laws, according to a May letter from the U.S. Department of ...

Iowa education laws signed Friday will bring big changes for students, teachers and parents, including banned books and ...

Opinion: The question about coal plants deserved better than a self-congratulatory response, writes Thom Krystofiak.

Des Moines Register reporter Virginia Barreda examines the city’s efforts to make its trail system more easily accessible to ...

Opinion: Dr. David Drake writes that he had to consider whether he could in good conscience attend a reception with a ...

A person died following a house fire late Friday in Davenport, fire department officials reported. A Davenport Fire ...

Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack will smash the bottle to mark the naming of the first USS Iowa since the famous battleship was retired in 1990 ...

A 52-year-old man died late Friday after being hit by a car on Southeast 14th Street in Des Moines, police said. According to ...