EPA says parts of, Raccoon, Iowa, Cedar and S. Skunk rivers should be added to Iowa's impaired waters list because of high ...

Going door-to-door for candy on All Hallows' Eve has long been commonplace throughout the country. But not in Des Moines, ...

Children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween night for the first time in more than 85 years.

The state of Iowa has officially agreed to give Des Moines $23.5 million to help fund the sprawling Capital City Reinvestment ...

Hear Elton John's music, see the botanical garden lit up, meet the famous Iowa directors of 'Heretic' this weekend in Des ...

Des Moines City Council in September approved a new ordinance ... Meanwhile, critics such as the ACLU of Iowa denounce the measures as an attack on the city's most vulnerable residents.

On Sept. 16, the Des Moines City Council passed a pair of ordinances designed to prevent unsheltered citizens from sleeping ...

The city, which is the capital of Iowa, announced the decision to move Beggars' Night to Thursday from 6-8 p.m. "to provide a safe and festive trick-or-treating experience for Des Moines children ...

“To my knowledge, (Beggars’ Night) has never been moved or canceled since it was established after Halloween in 1938,” Jen ...

Meanwhile, critics such as the ACLU of Iowa denounce the measures as an attack on the city's most vulnerable residents. The sleeping ban applies to public sidewalks, streets, alleys and doorways in ...

But not in Des Moines, where Iowa's capital city took a different approach more than seven decades ago in hopes of tamping down on hooliganism. Instead, Des Moines children don their costumes on ...