Des Moines, IA News Reports and Accidents

A driver is in custody after allegedly speeding away from police and crashing into an apartment building. Police say it started around 3:30 a.m. when an officer tried to pull the driver over for ... Read More

A car crashed into a building during a police chase in Des Moines early Tuesday morning. Sgt. Paul Parizek of the Des Moines Police Department said officers tried to pull ... Read More

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law in May that limits how and when cities can use traffic cameras and standardizes fines for drivers. The law set out to resolve a dispute over traffic cameras at the ... Read More

DES MOINES, Iowa - Des Moines police announced shortly before 6:30 p.m. Saturday that a crash had occurred at SE 6th Street and Indianola Avenue after a pursuit. The fleeing car struck another vehicle ... Read More

A pedestrian died Wednesday morning on Des Moines' north side after the Polk County Sheriff's Office said she was struck by a vehicle. Read More

AND RIGHT NOW IN WEST DES MOINES, POLICE SAY CHARGES ARE PENDING ... to catch up to the vehicle and continued to pursue north on Interstate 35 and east on Interstate 80 / 35, reaching speeds of ... Read More

With summer being underway, so is peak construction time in Iowa. Over the last few years, commuting north of Des Moines on Interstate 35 to and from the city has been littered with construction. Read More

A town with the '?kind of devastation'? Greenfield suffered has likely never been on the route so soon after a tragedy, said Chuck Offenburger, a former longtime Des Moines Register Iowa ... Read More

Be aware of nighttime construction happening near the northeast mixmaster in Des Moines on Tuesday evening, as parts of the interchange for Interstates 35, 80 and 235 will be closed by the Iowa ... 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

Strong storms Monday spun up at least one tornado in central Iowa, according to the National Weather Service. No injuries have been reported, Des Moines police said, but there's widespread damage ... Read More

Many Des Moines metro residents woke up to find their power back on Tuesday morning after an EF1 tornado touched down in Urbandale as a result of Monday night's derecho, but some were still without ... Read More