The waste management agency and Des Moines city leaders are urging residents to recycle lithium batteries safely, following a 2023 fire caused by a battery at a local facility.

Dawn Allen, a 50-year-old woman from Carroll, Iowa, went missing on May 4, 2011, and her family continues to hope for answers.

The resolutions passed in Monona County and under consideration in Story County would ban vendors from setting up outside of city limits along the routes.

A partisan redistricting battle among states has accelerated ahead of the midterm elections

Experts say low cattle inventory and high demand are driving rising prices.

The Met Gala red carpet opened with stars in custom looks celebrating fashion as art and the Costume Institutes Costume Art exhibit.

While taking a cruise is generally safe, having a high concentration of people in a semienclosed space makes it easy for viruses to spread among passengers.

The state's insurance commissioner says Monday that State Farm violated the law hundreds of times.

Here are the looks from the Met Gala as stars arrive in fashion inspired by art with bold gowns, sculptural outfits and a dramatic green carpet setting.

Heavy smoke and flames were seen coming from one building at the Evergreen Terrace Apartment complex, located between E. Caulder Avenue and Evergreen Avenue.

An expanded public health alert covers recalled products that may still be in freezers. Here's a full list.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film "It Ends With Us."

Central Iowans are being asked to voluntarily conserve water this spring.

Dolly Parton has canceled her Las Vegas residency shows amid an ongoing health battle.

An individual was shot by law enforcement Monday near the Washington Monument, the Secret Service says, which prompted the White House to be locked down briefly.

Russia's Defense Ministry has declared a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Victory Day, commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II

Voracious readers can again get free pizza this summer as a long-running summer reading program makes its return.

Des Moines police officers are investigating a reported robbery at a downtown Des Moines bank.

A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere. That would make it the solar system's smallest object yet with a clearly detected global atmosphere bound by gravity.

There are more than 35 rodent-borne diseases worldwide, including hantavirus.

Three cruise ship passengers recently died from a suspected hantavirus outbreak. How did the virus end up on the ship? Experts break down the potential scenarios.

Alex Ligertwood, a musician best known for being a vocalist in the band Santana, has died. He was 79.

After years of coming up short, Democrats think they can make Iowa a political battleground again.

Computer, chemical and aerospace engineering offered some of the highest early-career wages.

Hollywood star Cameron Diaz and her musician husband Benji Madden have announced the birth of their third child, a boy named Nautus.