Des Moines, IA News Reports and Accidents

If you are driving near West Des Moines on Interstate 80 on Tuesday, be sure to plan for a wait time because parts of the interstate will be closed for construction. Where is the I-80 road ... Read More

The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Iowa... Cedar River at Janesville affecting Bremer, Butler and Black Hawk Counties. Des Moines River near Stratford affe ... Read More

The sheriff's office in Monona County, near the Nebraska border, said the Little Sioux River breached levees in several areas. In neighboring Woodbury County, the sheriff's office posted drone video ... Read More

A shipping container barrels down the Blue Earth River, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Rapidan, Minn., after waters from the waterway diverted the Rapidan Dam, causing massive damage to the western cliffs. Read More

Certain areas at the lake will be closed for public safety due to recent rainfall in northern Iowa and the Des Moines River watershed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District announced ... Read More

Tornado warnings, flash flooding and large hail added insult to injury for people in the Midwest already contending with heat, humidity and intense flooding after days of rain. The National Weather ... Read More

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning through 7:30 p.m. for northeastern Madison County and northwestern Madison County Tuesday evening. It said a law enforcement ... Read More

EIGHT NEWS. IOWA'S NEWS LEADER A HEADS UP FOR DRIVERS TONIGHT. PARTS OF INTERSTATE 80 EASTBOUND IN WEST DES MOINES WILL BE CLOSING THIS EVENING. IT'S THE STRETCH FROM JORDAN CREEK PARKWAY TO I-35 80. Read More

Another tornado was spotted near Badger Creek State Park, 6 miles southwest of West Des Moines, also moving south. The weather service warned that people in the affected area should take cover ... Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa (KTIV) - FEMA Teams plan to visit Iowa neighborhoods affected by flooding. Emergency Management says FEMA's Disaster Survivor Assistance teams will work with both state and county ... Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Des Moines Police Department says a 6-year-old boy died after being hit by a car at Water Works Park on Sunday afternoon. DMPD responded to the park around 3:30 p.m. Sunday on ... Read More

Des Moines police say a medical issue may have caused a crash that shut down southbound lanes of Highway 65 Friday night near Pleasant Hill. Emergency responders found an adult male dead inside a ... Read More

A Des Moines man has been accused of shooting at a vehicle while driving on I-80 Thursday evening. According to court records, at around 7:45 p.m. WestCom Dispatch received a report from a victim ... Read More

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - West Des Moines police and several other agencies responded to a crash between a van and a semi-truck Wednesday afternoon. Police responded to reports of a crash on S. 88th ... Read More

The worst tornado in the metro devastated Ankeny 50 years ago. Still, it and other Des Moines metro cities don't require home tornado shelters. Read More

At least ten people were transported from the scene of a serious crash between a daycare van and semi tractor-trailer on a residential street in ... Read More

Fans driving to the NASCAR races at Iowa Speedway may know the feeling of hitting potholes and having their car jostled from side-to-side on Interstate 80 in parts of West Des Moines, Des Moines and ... Read More

An Iowa man was airlifted to a Des Moines hospital Friday afternoon after an issue with his parachute while he was skydiving. Read More

OKAY, JASON, THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW, SPEED CAMERAS LIKE THIS ONE ON INTERSTATE 235 AT 42ND STREET IN DES MOINES ARE CURRENTLY OFFLINE. LAST MONTH, GOVERNOR REYNOLDS SIGNED A NEW LAW RESTRICTING THESE ... Read More