DMPS elementary schools will start at 9:40 a.m., middle schools will start at 10:30 a.m. and high schools will start at 10:15 a.m.

That barren land south of the East Village is finally getting redeveloped, with two housing developments possibly breaking ground later this year.

Over the objections of Iowa state officials, federal regulators will require plans to confront heavy nitrate concentrations in rivers that provide drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Iowans.

The app helped Iowa creators Linda Tong and Brittany Brown grow their businesses, and now they're eyeing other projects.

A nationally known outdoor artwork will be removed from a Des Moines park pond under a settlement. The deal announced Tuesday ends a legal fight between the New York artist who created the work decades ago and a local art center that argued it couldn’t afford needed repairs to the site.

With a new year comes a new Des Moines Register's Student of the Week poll. This week's poll pits three Des Moines Public Schools' students against each other for the title of top student. Staff from 30 schools in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties are asked each week to nominate a standout student.

Currently, Iowa is 44th in the nation for the number of patients for every doctor according to the Iowa Medical Society.

"If you have the capability to be able to give back into your community then that's what I believe you are called to do," one volunteer told KCCI.

Event at Iowa State Fairgrounds to feature Alpha, the Iowa Wolves mascot, and hundreds of families exploring school choice options

Temperatures will continue to fall overnight and we should see some of the season's coldest air temperatures and wind chills Tuesday morning.

Enjoy Friday's warmer temperatures because "bitterly cold winds" will cause temperatures to plummet for the weekend.

Fourmile Mountain Bike Park joins two other mountain biking-specific parks that recently opened in Iowa–the Mason City Mountain Bike Trail System and the mountain bike park at Cone Park in Sioux City. The Fourmile system ties into the paved trails of Fourmile Creek Greenway, Gay Lea Wilson Trail and Copper Creek Lake Park.