Des Moines Parks and Recreation is conducting prescribed burns at Gray's Lake throughout the day on Wednesday.

Things to do this weekend include country music from Ella Langley and Aaron Watson, jazz from Judy Carmichael, and the corn-bred comedy "Shucked."

While Des Moines came one degree shy of tying a record, at least 3 Iowa cities set new high temperature records, the National Weather Service says.

City officials in Des Moines notified the DNR of a sanitary sewer overflow near a Starbucks, located at SE 14th Street and East Diehl Avenue.

Fluctuating temperatures this winter has led to dangerous conditions on Iowa's lakes.The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says everyone needs to be ex

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a sewage spill in southern Des Moines near a Starbucks. The spill was observed entering a storm sewer in the parking lot of the Starbucks at SE 14th Street and East Diehl Avenue.

Michaela Ramm covers health care for the Des Moines Register. She can be reached at [email protected] or at (319) 339-7354.

The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China, Tet in Vietnam and Seollal in Korea, is celebrated in many Asian countries and diaspora communities. It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon.

A dog who was found tied up in a trash bag and dumped in Des Moines now has a new home. On December 10 a male bulldog, now named Wally, was found along the side of a road

Stepping down as agriculture secretary, former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack is stepping up as the first CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation

The former USDA secretary and former governor will be CEO of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation,which strives to alleviate world hunger and honors the work of international leaders for their efforts and achievements in global food security with an annual prize.

Last week, posts and pictures were shared across social media that scared people, saying ICE agents were in Iowa communities arresting and detaining people.