The best time to visit Des Moines is from June through August. Thanks to the summer season's warm temperatures that rest in the mid-80s, conditions… ...

Des Moines needs to add over 57,000 housing units in Polk County and over 100,000 units metro-wide over the next two decades to keep up with its growth, studies indicate.

Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is ranked #1 out of 14 things to do in Des Moines. See pictures and our review of Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.

They included Deborah Yanna, a 60-year-old West Des Moines resident, who stood amidst a sea of sequins as she sold jackets emblazoned with slogans like “MAGA” and “Trump Girl.” ...

Des Moines police say firefighters responded to a structure fire at 57th Street and Douglas Avenue shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday. One person was injured and transported to a nearby hospital.

The Des Moines area’s first-ever lawn watering ban helps Central Iowa Water Works keep up with nitrate removal to provide safe drinking water to 600,000 people. Over the next decade, CIWW aims ...

The 11 Hottest New Restaurants in Des Moines, Iowa Where to find Southern comfort food, all-day breakfast, and fancy small plates in Iowa’s capital city by Susan Stapleton Sep 21, 2017, 6:29 AM PDT ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Center Street in Des Moines was once home to a thriving African American community with Black-owned pharmacies, hotels, grocery stores, clubs and more. “It was a good place ...

Des Moines was historically segregated by redlining policies, and in the 1960s, the state tore apart a neighborhood that was a hub for black businesses to make way for an interstate freeway.

Des Moines, Iowa, is a culinary anomaly in America’s heartland. With its 210,000 residents, the city does not quite crack the top 100 largest cities in the United States by population (it’s No ...

Director Mark Heggen first started researching the history of Des Moines movie theaters in 1986. He recalls driving around the city and noticing all the buildings that looked like abandoned cinemas.