Comedy club wants to take over former Spaghetti Works premises in the city centre
A comedy club has its eye on the former Spaghetti Works restaurant space on Court Avenue in downtown Des Moines, city records show. The name...
Kyle Ricke sentenced for murder of Algona police officer in 2023
SPIRIT LAKE — Kyle Ricke had only one reason to gun down Algona police Officer Kevin Cram last year, prosecutor Scott Brown said Thursday: He...
How will Iowa football replace Tory Taylor and Cooper DeJean?
Let’s talk about punters! 5 good minutes with Iowa’s LeVar Woods Iowa special teams coordinator LeVar Woods provided updates on spring training on Thursday and...
An Iowa call to action on smartphones and social media
We must work together to protect children. And even if you don’t have children, speak up because this will affect our workforce and our economy...
New book tells stories and recipes behind Tony’s Little Italy in Ames
A native Amesian’s new book is part love story, part cookbook and part local history. “Tony’s Little Italy: A Love Story and Recipe Book” is...
Son sentenced to prison under ‘deplorable conditions’ for his role in his father’s death
In what a judge called an “extraordinarily difficult case,” a West Des Moines man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for killing his...
Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and Biden’s stance on it divide Iowans
Palestinian photographer films widespread destruction in Gaza Strip A Palestinian photographer filmed the extensive damage in Jabalia, northern Gaza, from the floor of a building...
Patricia McCormick and Ellen Hopkins say sex in books is not pornography
Two of America’s greatest authors, whose books have been banned hundreds of times from Iowa public schools for sexual depictions, say such descriptions are sometimes...