Des Moines Police officers are authorized to cite residents who break the law setting fireworks off.
Likewise, the investigations system allows police to work across jurisdictional lines, providing instant information that helps solve cases.
A Des Moines woman faces an attempted murder charge after telling police she drove over a 14-year-old girl in an apparent hate crime.
An Iowa woman was struck in her head and instantly killed by a piece of flying debris from a gender-reveal explosion.
As Halloween gets underway, here's how to see where registered sex offenders are living in your neighborhood.
City firefighters will be at every Des Moines Public Library location to share fire safety-themed stories during storytime.
It’s being called a win-win for the City of Des Moines, and a one penny sales tax has something to do with it.
The devices that give a Des Moines, Iowa, boy mobility and the ability to communicate with others were stolen from the family’s van.
A Des Moines, Iowa, convenience store clerk who intervened in a domestic situation was assaulted with a banana, police say.
Find out where the registered sex offenders are living in Des Moines before the kids go out trick or treating.
Mollie Tibbetts' body was found in a cornfield Tuesday, over a month after she was last seen while going for a jog.
Authorities in Iowa have launched a new website to aid in the search for 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, who has been missing since July 18.
After a woman rear-ended a tractor, she was trapped in her car, which caught fire. Luckily, three boys took action.
Authorities said Friday the investigative response has not slowed down and they have searched ponds, fields and have conducted air searches.
Mollie Tibbetts, the 20-year-old University of Iowa student, disappeared after going for a jog on July 18.
Investigators say they are not ruling out any possibilities in the disappearance of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts.
The University of Iowa student apparently went for a jog the night she disappeared from Brooklyn, Iowa.
An Iowa mom is accused of drugging her kids so she could sleep during the daytime; her son, 8, was found in “physical distress” in the heat.
When the truck driver noticed smoke coming from a house while driving by, he stopped to rescue a man, a child and their dog from a blaze.
A patient being transported to Iowa City and two medics were injured when the ambulance left the interstate and rolled over in a ditch.
The suspect fired shots at drivers at a gas station before being stopped by authorities and exchanging gunfire with them.
A suspect was arrested after shooting at drivers and exchanging gunfire with law enforcement personnel Thursday afternoon.
First-degree murder charges have been filed against two people in the shooting death of Cory Channon.
The 24-year-old had his infant child in the back seat when he overdosed on drugs, a criminal complaint says.
The suspect, who had a rifle in the home, faces charges of domestic abuse assault and interference.
No one was injured in the fire Wednesday night at a north-side home.
So far this year Des Moines police have already taken 10 reports of stolen cars — most left with the engine running.
The department broke the 2016 record of calls on Dec. 14 when it recorded its 24,171st trip of the year.
Claude Phillip saw his daughter on Christmas; a day later the teen and her grandparents were dead, shot by a relative, police say.
Bond has been set at $22,000 for Zachary Allen Campbell.
Three robberies at Clive and Urbandale gun stores resulted in 38 firearms stolen; authorities are seeking tips to recover them.
The blaze began in the rear of two connected buildings at 1412-16 Sixth Ave. and two people had to be rescued by firefighters.
Two men robbed a grocery store and fled in a newer-model Mercedes Benz that could have bullet holes in it after a store clerk fired at them.
The driver of a pickup truck attempted to pass other vehicles and collided head on with an oncoming SUV, killing two people.
One fire crew remains at the site of Monday's fire at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines to ensure there are no hot spots under collapsed roofing.
Drivers of both vehicles were injured in the accident at East 20th Street and Hubbell Avenue.
No charges have been filed against the woman who admitted to police that she shot 58-year-old Scott Thompson.
The fire damaged a home, business and vacant building in the 1400 block of Sixth Avenue and required mutual aid from three departments.
Plaza Lanes owner Randy Thompson said he will rebuild the north Des Moines bowling center, which was built by his father in 1957.
Growth in northeastern Des Moines and western Altoona led to the partnership, which will include planning for a new fire station.