Virginia Barreda

Des Moines Register The Des Moines Police Department saw a 10% spike in the number of 911 calls in 2023, according to the department's annual report released Monday.

Des Moines Register Rooster owners in Des Moines will have to get consent from their next-door neighbors to keep their birds under ordinance changes approved by the Des Moines City Council on Monday.

The building that houses the Polk County Election Office in downtown Des Moines could be on its way to getting a makeover ― or be vacated.

Here's what to know about Des Moines' new small business loan program, which will provide a total of $100,000 to small business owners in 2025.

Newly elected Supervisors Mark Holm and Jill Altringer will work their full-time jobs as well as their $150,000 full-time jobs as supervisors.

More than a dozen people took the podium, imploring the Des Moines City Council to restore the team that oversaw the city's climate action plan.

Crews are renovating the building at 1900 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines to make way for Global Neighbors, a resource hub for immigrants and refugees.

Des Moines Register Job: Des Moines city government and Polk County reporter Years at the Register: Two and some change.

Des Moines Register After failing to come to fruition in 2021, Des Moines homeless outreach nonprofit Joppa is dusting the cobwebs off its plans for a tiny home village to house the metro's chronically homeless people.

Des Moines' city manager says cutting hours of city services, leaving open city positions unfilled and drawing from financial reserves all are options on the table to patch a $17 million hole in the upcoming budget.