A bill advancing in the Iowa House would require public schools in the state to display "In God We Trust" at the main entry of school buildings.

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

Advocates for access to abortions say the new state law effectively bans the vast majority of abortions in Iowa.

Iowa's public universities could not require students to take or compel faculty to instruct on DEI or Critical Race Theory under a House bill.

The bill would also require classrooms to observe two minutes of silent time each day preceding the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds, speaking at an anti-abortion event Monday at the Iowa Capitol, said recent electoral victories show that “life can win,” and Iowa Statehouse Republicans have “repeatedly won the (abortion) debate at the ballot box.”

Members of the Iowa House Higher Education Committee heard from lobbyists and members of the public Wednesday on a number of bills relating to the courses and information within state universities, as well as the bodies that regulate them. Diversity, equity and inclusion was a much-discussed topic among visitors and lawmakers.

Here are where a dozen Des Moines area Iowa high school football players signed during the December signing day period.

Caribou Coffee expands its central Iowa footprint with two new locations. The first opened on Wednesday at the intersection of Keosauqua Way and Crocker Street, just off I-235. T his marks the second location to open in Iowa within the last year and makes 16 in the Des Moines metro.

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.

At 27 years old, Daniel Luckett, aka Entre Luche, has earned his place in The Recording Academy class of 2024, cementing his role in the Grammy Awards for the next five years. The Grammy Awards are the only peer-voted award in music.

Des Moines authorities have identified the officers and the suspect in a deadly shooting in the Highland Park neighborhood last week.On Jan. 24, Des Moines police officers were conducting a felony warrant check in the 1300 block of E.