Mary Lou Aspengren, 97, passed away on March 5, 2025. Mary Lou, the daughter of Pearl (Lessenger) McKercher and Edward McKercher, was born on April 27, 1927, in Des Moines. She attended East High ...

ADMITTED TO DRIVING DRUNK IN A CRASH THAT KILLED A DES MOINES ... NEAR THE IOWA STATE FAIRGROUNDS IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR. 76 YEAR-OLD FRED LEHMAN AND HIS 79 YEAR OLD WIFE, MARY WERE KILLED.

Mary was born on December 1, 1927 in Adair, Iowa to George and Ellen (McCardle) Hickey. She graduated from North High School in Des Moines. Mary was united in marriage to Roger Simpson on ...

In 2009, John and Mary Pappajohn, a Des Moines venture capitalist and his wife, provided funding for and donated more than 30 sculptures to the Des Moines Art Center. Their donation transformed an ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines teenager was sentenced Thursday to two decades in prison for causing the deaths of an elderly couple in November 2023, the Polk County Attorney's Office said.

As part of the city of Des Moines' cuts, the Des Moines library is down two librarians and a social worker. What those ...

Police say Myint Lwin was drunk when he accidentally backed his car over his friend Parreh Ngar. Ngar's daughters recall him ...

Two parties have signaled to the city that they have plans for the nearly century-old Beaux Arts-style courthouse, which is ...

Firefighters were busy battling a house fire Friday afternoon. It broke out just off Northeast 52nd Court, just east of Des ...

Des Moines police are investigating after they say two men were shot. Officers say it happened on 10th street near Forest ...

A massive storm system is expected to sweep across the United States Friday afternoon and evening, bringing damaging winds, hail, and tornado threats to parts of Iowa. Des Moines and most of ...

Lawsuits allege negligence, incompetence in deaths of emergency room patients at Central Iowa Hospitals -owned Iowa Methodist and Methodist West ...