Federal ICE agents arrest 1 at Polk County Courthouse, officials say
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says rumors that multiple arrests were made by ICE agents at the courthouse are untrue.
Des Moines city leaders take next step towards building a homeless village
Late in 2024 the City of Des Moines ordered all homeless camps to be removed. Now the City Council is weighing an option for ...
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Des Moines City Council to consider seeking funds to build homeless village
Four months after approving a controversial camping ban affecting homeless people, Des Moines City Council will consider building a designated ... city should ask for federal funding for the ...
See renderings of Des Moines' next eco-friendly, mass-timber building
The developers behind the Star Lofts, Iowa's first zero-carbon certified building, are working on another project close by.
Iowa higher ed bills would block required DEI instruction, add transparency measures
Iowa's public universities could not require students to take or compel faculty to instruct on DEI or Critical Race Theory ...
Des Moines nonprofit says the future is 'uncertain' after Trump Administration rescinds federal funding freeze
After a Trump administration memo to freeze federal grants and loans was reversed less than two days after it was issued, a Des Moines nonprofit's CEO says she's continuing to plan as if the funding ...
Federal grant pause rattled central Iowa nonprofits, cities. What's next is still unclear.
The last few days have been a whirlwind for grant-funded organizations like Central Iowa Center for Independent Living, which ...
Iowa bill would require new classroom materials refer to ‘Gulf of America’ and ‘Mount McKinley’
Hull, who introduced the bill, said it is meant to align with the executive order signed by President Donald Trump after he ...