License plate readers helped Des Moines police make an arrest in a deadly hit-and-run. How the technology works and the policies protecting the information.

Family photos, recipes from her grandmother and her son's childhood keepsakes were among the memories lost in a devastating Des Moines flood.

Two days after pleading guilty to misconduct in office, former Baxter police chief William Daggett has filed a civil rights complaint against the city.

A sixth-generation Ankeny farm says persistent rain is threatening crops and could leave costly compaction in its fields for years.

Monarch butterflies are traveling through Iowa on their annual journey to Mexico, with some tagged for tracking.

Oklahoma landed the countrys top pitcher in the class of 2028. Central Iowa star Sophia Schlader, of Waukee Northwest, announced her commitment Wednesday.

A pelican tangled in fishing line sought help at a NOAA office in Florida, where biologists freed it and marveled at its cleverness. See video:

Human-caused global warming resulting in the Himalayan permafrost thawing was, in part, responsible for the catastrophic glacier and boulder collapse last month.

Four months after a spinal cord injury left him paralyzed from the chest down, Ankeny junior Layne Hearne is still on the sidelines.

Peter Max, whose colorful, psychedelic pop art expressed the optimism of the "flower power" movement of the 1960s, has died at 88, his son said.

Questions raised at an Urbandale city council meeting on transparency and effectiveness of the city's automated license-plate reader program.

The Bill Riley Trail Bridge in Des Moines, a key connection for cyclists and pedestrians, is set to be replaced after an inspection deemed it necessary, with the city seeking funding for the $4 million project.

The winning game in this week's Wild Card contest, selected by voters on the KCCI Facebook page, is East Union at Lenox.

Sexual abuse charges against Brian Leager have been dismissed after prosecutors were unable to locate the alleged victim, though he still faces other charges related to online conversations.

Iran has been hesitant to clamp down on women's defiance of headscarf rules as war and economic pressures mount.

Des Moines Public Library branches will end Sunday hours in November after city funding cuts forced a $750,000 budget reduction.

Iowa Reps. Zach Nunn and Mariannette Miller-Meeks backed a war powers vote on Iran after previously opposing it, drawing fresh criticism from Democrats.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai will deliver the keynote address at the World Food Prize's Norman Borlaug International Dialogue in Des Moines Oct. 20-22.

A 104-mph traffic stop in Iowa led to a federal prison sentence for former child actor Bobb'e Thompson after officers found a loaded stolen gun.

Perry police, with assistance from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, are investigating the death of an infant found in a trash can at a local day care center.

The U.S. military is preparing for combat in space, including areas around the moon

Animal control responded to a reported dog attack on Des Moines' east side, where a witness said multiple people and a dog were injured.

Hawkeye men's basketball releases conference schedule

New reports from two separate independent institutions this week outline the financial, military and economic impacts of the war in Iran, including depleted weapon stockpiles, rising inflation and record fuel prices.

About 12.5 trillion tons of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, according to a major scientific report.