Organizer Cara Braithwaite says the nine-year-old event puts holiday shopping and community face-to-face under one roof.

Atrum Brewing is eyeing a mid-December soft opening in the historic former bank building at 114 E. Fourth St.

The bakery's new Griffin Building home was once a Kum & Go, and the city bent its own rules to help pay for it.

City staff say the office plan demonstrates a plan for financing, while the arts center lacks committed funds. A council vote looms Monday.

The HHS secretary stopped in Des Moines to tout formula and home-visit plans as Iowa counties keep losing birthing units.

Robert Glenn Shove died in a Philippine prison camp in 1943. DNA testing has finally confirmed his identity, and he'll be laid to rest in Sioux City next month.

Thomas Coleman, 60, says he is not guilty after a Newton officer posed as a 15-year-old online.

A Hoover High senior who studies at Franklin Avenue Library every weekend says she wishes officials had cut something else instead.

Blank Park Zoo opens its new lion home Thursday, complete with a real plane and three new lions ready to roam.

Four luxury suites, a 500-person ballroom and a cooking classroom now fill the Fleur Drive landmark. Its backers waited 25 years for a home.

Council members Mike Simonson and Joe Gatto appear in a Nunn campaign ad, drawing sharp backlash from fellow Des Moines Democrats.

The counter-service Mediterranean spot lands inside the Temple for Performing Arts, with scratch-made bowls and pitas starting at $12.

Pre-leasing is underway at the seven-story Aston, which replaced an abandoned barber college and includes a dog park and bocce courts.