Chief politics reporter Brianne Pfannenstiel covers local and state politics, plus national politics for USA TODAY ...

Four leaders of the Afghan community established in Des Moines beginning in 2021 are on a quest to build a mosque and ...

Danielle Paschka needed a creative outlet in 2020 and turned to sharing her cakes and treats on Instagram. Now she has viral ...

Des Moines. We're on the edge of Beaverdale. Maybe we're actually in Beaverdale. I say we're from Beaverdale, though. I ...

Former president George W. Bush took the internet by storm during the 2025 Inauguration of President Donald Trump, where the ...

This past week saw a lot of exciting action from Iowa high school male sports teams from the Des Moines metro area.

With a new year comes a new Des Moines Register's Student of the Week poll. This week's poll pits three Des Moines Public ...

Hosted by the Rev. Rob Johnson and 100 volunteers, the Fueling Hope Gas Giveaway helps families by providing free gas.

A federal appeals court is siding with the Biden administration’s Department of Justice and keeping a temporary block on an ...

A state law that would allow the arrest and deportation of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into ...

YMCA Teen Game Night at the Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday Cost: $5 non-members, free for members ...