Des Moines, IA News Reports and Accidents

A woman was pronounced dead on the scene and four others - two adults and two minors - were taken to local hospitals with serious injuries. Read More

I invite Iowans to help our climate movement so the risks of extreme weather like last week's storms decrease, writes Irene DeMaris. Read More

A crash on Des Moines' east side Saturday night killed a woman and seriously injured four other people, including two adults and two minors. Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa - Des Moines police responded to a Saturday evening crash where a woman was confirmed dead at the intersection of Second Avenue and Holcomb Avenue, Des Moines. The death at the scene ... Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa - Des Moines police have responded to a crash with at least one injury near Birdland Pool at 2nd Avenue and Holcomb Avenue, Des Moines. Second Avenue is closed across all lanes from ... Read More

After deeming it a high-accident area, the Des Moines City Council is discussing speed limit changes to the Keo Way area. Read More

Crews will be closing the southbound lanes going from Interstate 35 onto westbound ... up to generously tip restaurant workers Iowa man found dead in apparent drowning at Lake Anita State Park ... Read More

Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation in five counties throughout Iowa after a derecho swept through the state Monday night. Des Moines, Dubuque Mitchell, Polk and Scott counties are all ... Read More

Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a disaster proclamation for Scott and Clayton Counties after severe storms and flooding on June 26.The proclamation allows state Read More

Katie Buchanan's daughter was sitting on the living room couch in their Urbandale home on Monday when a patio table hurled through their wall. Read More

State officials are accepting applications for state housing programs to help homeowners and communities damaged by severe weather over the past few months. Record flooding and tornadoes have ... Read More

The store will open in a bay at the Nebraska Crossing shopping mall, located in Gretna off Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 6 ... A Lego store opened this year in the Des Moines area. That store is ... Read More

The city of Des Moines and volunteers have been cleaning up the cemetery grounds, in hopes of reopening Glendale Cemetery to the public by Thursday. Read More

A line of Monday storms, including at least one tornado in Des Moines, later formed into a derecho in eastern Iowa and western Illinois, according to the National Weather Service.Why it matters: The metro sidestepped some of the system's worst punche Read More

The derecho caused widespread wind damage from Iowa to Indiana and produced the tornado that hit the Des Moines metro. Read More

The derecho caused widespread wind damage from Iowa to Indiana and produced the tornado that hit the Des Moines metro. Read More

Evan Headley shared this video of the tornado from 63rd Street and Hickman Road in Des Moines ... Charlie Hansen shared this video of a lightning strike near Stratford, Iowa. In Urbandale, a home on ... Read More

A strong area of storms developed Monday afternoon as Channel 13 Meteorologists forecasted earlier in the day. Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWQC) - A man was arrested after a K-9 Unit found meth during a traffic stop. According to a media release, on July 12 at 10:30 p.m. Des Moines County Sheriff's Deputies stopped Tim ... Read More