Inspectors and Des Moines police this morning slapped eviction notices on a handful of makeshift shanties used by homeless men on the city’s north side, 24 hours after an occupant was injured in a fire. The notices ordered the men to remove ...

DES MOINES — Iowa lawmakers say they will likely take a second look at the state’s smoking ban when the Legislature convenes in January. But they are unsure about what, if any, changes might be made. Expanding the law would likely mean removing ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa lawmakers say they will likely take a second look at the state's smoking ban when the Legislature convenes in January. But they are unsure about what, if any, changes might be made. Expanding the law would likely mean ...

Lawmakers say they are likely to revisit Iowa's public smoking ban next year, but it is unclear what changes are ahead for the controversial law. Expanding the law would likely mean that a casino exemption that allows smoking in gaming areas would be ...

Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $20 million jackpot. Tickets that match the first five numbers, but miss the Powerball, win $200,000 each, and there were four of those. They were sold in: Kentucky ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Voters in two Iowa towns will vote on whether to merge their school districts in an effort to head off financial problems. ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - After years of planning and review and 16 months of construction, a new $150 ...

DES MOINES – Iowa’s aging population could strain the state’s ability to fund education and health care over the next two decades, according to a study released Monday. The study from the Iowa Fiscal Partnership, a nonpartisan budget think tank ...

Reports are taken directly from the daily logs of area law enforcement agencies. 2:37 p.m. 238th Avenue and Argyle Road. Authorities said Kevin Taylor, 47, of Burlington, was driving his passenger vehicle west near the 3600 block of Argyle Road when ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Powerball jackpot is expected to grow to an estimated $20 million for Saturday since no one matched all six of the numbers in the midweek drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association said. The winning numbers Wednesday ...

A few months ago Martin Dickey of Stuart bought a couple quick-pick Powerball tickets. Following his normal routine, Dickey placed the tickets in his desk at work. And then he forgot about them for a few months. "It was in my desk drawer and I put a ...