This past week saw the start of Iowa high school boys conference wrestling tournaments and some exciting boys swimming meets and basketball games featuring Des Moines metro-area teams. The main boys wrestling event of the week featuring metro-area teams was the prestigious Ed Winger Classic on Jan.

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The Register has built a lookup database with more than 2,600 food safety inspection reports dating back to 2023.

A total of 56 refugees were supposed to arrive in the state within the next month, but that is no longer happening.

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

Des Moines police reported before a fatal shooting Friday that a man they were searching for in a Highland Park home announced he had a gun

The Des Moines Police Department announced that the suspect who was shot by officers Friday evening has died. At around 2:44 p.m. officers with the DMPD investigated

They can be great pets, from the biggest iguana to the smallest hornworm. Inside the Hilton Garden Inn in West Des Moines, a line of people waited to see some cool creatures Sunday morning for the Iowa Reptile Show. They can be great pets, from the biggest iguana to the smallest hornworm.

Des Moines police shot a 36-year-old man wanted on a felony warrant Friday afternoon in the city’s Highland Park neighborhood, according to anews release from

From October through April, deicers help keep airports across the world open. Deicers help clear airplanes whenever there is a buildup of contamination, which can be

YMCA Teen Game Night at the Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday Cost: $5 non-members, free for members Gather your teens and join Wellmark YMCA for Teen Game Night on Drake University’s campus.

The developers behind the Star Lofts, Iowa's first zero-carbon certified building, are working on another project close by.