A Des Moines man has been arrested for allegedly grooming and sexually abusing a 12-year-old victim. Sergio Silva Amado, 21, is being held in the Polk County Jail on three counts of second-degree sexual abuse and one count of grooming.

Caribou Coffee expands its central Iowa footprint with two new locations. The first opened on Wednesday at the intersection of Keosauqua Way and Crocker Street, just off I-235. T his marks the second location to open in Iowa within the last year and makes 16 in the Des Moines metro.

Police said a man they considered “endangered” was found safe walking in a Des Moines neighborhood on Wednesday night.

DES MOINES, Iowa- Non-profit organizations in Iowa are moving forward “cautiously optimistic” after a roller coaster ride over the past few days. “I just… I was at a loss,” said Kimberly Grandstaff. “I couldn’t believe that this would happen.

Des Moines Area Community College's fourth and longest-serving president, Rob Denson, is retiring after 22 years at the helm of the now 12-location, nearly 22,000-student institution.

Iowa lawmakers have been busy in Des Moines as they advance or table hundreds of bills this session.Higher Education BillsRepublicans chose to not advance a bi

A spokesperson for the Des Moines Fire Department told Local 5 a call came in around 9:50 a.m., reporting flames and smoke coming from Help a Mind Thrive, Keep a Book, a used bookstore and donation center. No one was in the building when the fire started, the spokesperson said.

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

As of 7:15 a.m., the Iowa Department of Transportation is not reporting any incidents on roads in Central Iowa. Your roads remain dry throughout your morning commute, but evening commuters could be seeing slippery road conditions on the drive home this evening as rain moves into Central Iowa. You can see the latest traffic updates here.

Iowa is the first in the nation to let a pandemic-era eviction requirement expire, the Des Moines Register reports.

If you’ve been wondering where the snow has been this winter, you’re not alone. And central Iowa isn’t alone in not having much snow this winter. Only

Almost half of the states in the U.S. have, in some way, allowed community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees, Shields said, though they vary greatly in details like what programs can be offered, how many colleges can have bachelor’s degree programs and more.