The Iowa Department of Corrections says an inmate failed to return to a work release facility in Des Moines on Sunday.

All nine SH-BCLUW grapplers that traveled to Ogden placed, with four on the podium and one champion. As a team, the Storm ...

This past week saw the start of Iowa high school boys conference wrestling tournaments and some exciting boys swimming meets ...

State health officials are seeing a significant jump in the number of schools reporting significant absences due to illness.

Chief politics reporter Years at the Register: Almost 10 years (!)In the lead-up to the 2020 election, all eyes ...

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

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

The Polk County Sheriff’s office says rumors circulating about a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in Des Moines are untrue. The Sheriff’s office says only one such arrest took place ...

Iowans, gather round. Here's your chance to see an award-winning musical all about corn at the Des Moines Civic Center.

They can be great pets, from the biggest iguana to the smallest hornworm. Inside the Hilton Garden Inn in West Des Moines, a ...

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

THE ROUTE FOR THE DES MOINES REGISTER’S 52ND ANNUAL GREAT BIKE RIDE ACROSS IOWA WAS ANNOUNCED OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS YEAR’S ...