Top Des Moines Area Local News Stories
Source: KCCI.com - Local News
Police say they've arrested a Chicago man on first-degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of two Des Moines women who were hit by an SUV.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:40:52 CDT
A civil trial in the Rodney Heemstra case is scheduled to begin this week.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 15:08:08 CDT
Fire destroys a Woodward woodworking and restoration business.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:51:53 CDT
The University of Iowa Libraries in Iowa City acquires a collection of about 3,000 science fiction so-called fanzines.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:29:48 CDT
Illinois state police have issued an Amber Alert after two infants were abducted at knife point.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:56:25 CDT
A Cedar Rapids man on probation for drug charges pleads guilty to federal gun charges after his probation officer spotted him on the social networking site MySpace holding guns.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:53:00 CDT
State officials say recent hot temperatures have caused Iowa's old concrete roads, including patches of some interstates, to buckle.
Published: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:06:49 CDT
Authorities say David Colglazier, 44, died in a small plane crash in northern Iowa.
Published: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 08:17:03 CDT
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is on pace to sell a record number of fishing licenses this year.
Published: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 13:42:01 CDT
Iowa Public Radio has bought out, laid off or reassigned five employees and will leave four other positions unfilled in an effort to cut costs.
Published: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:50:34 CDT
A state inspector said a safety device was damaged on an Ames elevator where an Illinois man fell to his death.
Published: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:44:14 CDT
An Iowa high school coach shot and killed a week ago is being honored by a national sports publication.
Published: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:43:54 CDT
A Sioux City councilman said he plans to appeal a police department ruling that his dog is vicious.
Published: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:38:36 CDT
A former child therapist from Iowa serving a five-year sentence on child pornography charges has died as he was being transported between prisons.
Published: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:42:02 CDT
A common identification test involving unsuspecting law school students may show how easy it is for some witnesses to misidentify others.
Published: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 08:33:29 CDT
An attorney for a man charged with sexually assaulting and killing a 3-year-old Nebraska girl is trying to keep his client from facing the death penalty.
Published: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:46:15 CDT
A Polk County Deputy counts herself lucky to be alive after a car verse bike crash.
Published: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:11:59 CDT
Des Moines Water Rescue Teams returned to the Des Moines River on Thursday to conduct planned training exercise, just two days after a deadly boating accident.
Published: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 17:10:51 CDT
Gov. Chet Culver and Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald are touting a new report giving Iowa the top rating granted by the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's.
Published: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:43:08 CDT
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