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

Iowa lawmakers on Tuesday shelved a bill that would allow surgical castration to be imposed as a punishment for certain sex crimes committed against children.

The legislation is similar to a law passed in Louisiana, which last year became the first U.S. state to permit judges to order surgical castration of sex offenders.

A bill to establish surgical castration as a penalty for sex offenders convicted of abusing a child was introduced in the Iowa House this year, but […]

While Iowa is recovering from a cold snap with negative 30 wind chill, the state is running about 20 to 30 inches below average for seasonal snowfall.

Under the proposed legislation — the full language of which has not been released — all Iowa school districts would be required to adopt by July 1, 2025, minimum standards for restrictions on personal electronic devices.

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s letter sent perhaps the clearest signal to Cassidy. In a letter to Cassidy, his former House colleague and longtime Trump devotee recalled Kennedy’s appearance in Baton Rouge, and noting “Kennedy proved to be an asset to the state as we navigated the edicts of the federal government.”

Iowa lawmakers are considering a proposal that would require age verification when accessing websites with obscene material.The bill would hold companies liable

Between the massive cranes, construction projects and the hubbub of activity, it's hard to miss Des Moines International Airport. But, just in case, the airport is erecting a sign with 20-foot-tall letters representing its assigned airport code: DSM.

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the Revolution of 1848.

Equipment failure led Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago to crash in Sioux City in 1989, killing more than 100 people.

They know the impact of this uncertainty on their constituency, but they also don’t want to be seen as crossing El Caudillo del Mar-A-Lago in public.