Top Des Moines Area Local News Stories
Source: KCCI.com - Local News
A longtime Democrat and former candidate for governor, Roxanne Conlin, says she wants to challenge Sen. Charles Grassley in November and hopes to attract voters who are fed up with what's going on in Washington.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:38 CST
A massive ice jam on the Raccoon River broke free overnight near Van Meter and started moving downstream bringing a flash flood to the Des Moines metro.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:02 CST
Authorities said they have charged the live-in boyfriend of a woman with first-degree murder in her death.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:19:04 CST
A Des Moines man was sentenced on Wednesday for the murder of Lance Morningstar.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:40:21 CST
KCCI-TV's Steve Karlin reports.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:17:36 CST
KCCI-TV's Geoff Greenwood reports.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:18 CST
Saying it needs funds for its Whispering Willow wind farm and for transmission upgrades, Alliant Energy is asking Iowa regulators for a 14 percent rate hike.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:03 CST
Donald Gibbs and his wife Pat were reading the paper one morning when she saw an ad for a free colonoscopy. The procedure found problems. Another free clinic is planned.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:00 CST
Three central Iowa communities are competing to land the world's fastest Internet connection.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:52:46 CST
Amputees from all over America clean out their closets and send leftover limbs to help earthquake survivors in Haiti.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:22:22 CST
Iowa's mission to help feed earthquake victims in Haiti is continuing with a two day meal packaging event at John Deere's Ankeny manufacturing plant.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:42:01 CST
Iowa state representatives voted to approve protections for domestic violence victims on Wednesday.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:04:07 CST
Second-degree burglary charges have been filed against an Ames man who broke into a church where he allegedly used the institution's electronic equipment to watch pornography.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:38:17 CST
Gov. Chet Culver has signed into law a restructuring of state government projected to trim $127 million from next year's budget and help close a projected shortfall.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:10 CST
An overturned semitrailer truck has closed a highway in Buchanan County.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:19 CST
Survivors of a man killed in a June fire have sued the city of Council Bluff for the alleged failure of emergency personnel to respond adequately.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:37 CST
Pottwattamie CountyÂ’s supervisor said there is absolutely no chance an earthen dam will break north of Council Bluffs.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:54:04 CST
A man convicted of killing another man in Wapello County has lost another appeal.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:42:04 CST
New statistics released Wednesday from Iowa Workforce Development show Iowa's unemployment race increased slightly in January.
Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:53:23 CST
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