Des Moines County, along with Dubuque County, were the two original Iowa counties formed along the Mississippi River in 1834 by the Michigan Territorial Legislature. Divided today into 10 counties ...

Dianne Bentley, state leader of the Iowa Bible Reading Marathon, said Iowans traveled hours by car from as far as the Quad Cities and Des Moines County for the event. The date of the event was ...

The Des Moines County Board ... in the second-floor meeting room. County board meetings are open to the public. A livestream of the meeting is also available, and the link is found on the county’s ...

Keaton Keitzer of Des Moines County, Larissa Schippers of Mahaska County, Amanda Hoefler of Dubuque County, Kaitlyn Porter of Franklin County, Jarret Horn of Jasper County and Alyssa Yoder of Iowa ...

Des Moines County Historical Society has received $45,000 in grants ... which was built in 1868 — an effort put into motion by a $5,000 donation from Iowa governor and U.S. Senator James Wilson Grimes ...

United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. This case was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service and Des Moines County ...

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO WEST DES MOINES – Cordt Holub of Tama County has been named a semi-finalist in the Iowa Farm Bureau’s Young Farmer Conference Discussion Meet. Unlike a debate, the Discussion Meet ...