On Sept. 16, the Des Moines City Council passed a pair of ordinances designed to prevent unsheltered citizens from sleeping ...

Des Moines police investigating third Git N Go robbery in last week ...

Generally, city parks close at 10 p.m. and reopen at 6 a.m. Des Moines City Manager Scott Sanders said skywalks are challenging because some parts are publicly owned, while others are private ...

one of three state parks in the Des Moines area, is a 260-acre nature reserve just off Highway 28. It is regarded as the largest surviving natural stand of black walnut trees in North America ...

The sleeping ban applies to public sidewalks, streets, alleys and doorways in Des Moines, according to the ordinance. The camping ban applies to most locations listed in the sleeping ban plus lanes, ...

Instead, Des Moines children don their costumes on Beggars' Night ... The city began its unusual custom at the suggestion of a former city parks director as a way to reduce vandalism and promote more ...

Beggars' Night was established in the 1930s as a response to a particularly crime-ridden Halloween in 1938, when Des Moines police answered 550 reports of vandalism. The city's Pa ...

Des Moines, Iowa will begin trick-or-treating on Halloween for the first time since 1938 as the city's Beggars' Night was ...

AND THEN ALSO INCORPORATE WEST DES MOINES VALLEY JUNCTION AND THEN KIND OF THE PARKS OF DES MOINES SET UP FOR THE MARATHON IS UNDERWAY DOWNTOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE BARRIERS GOING UP AND THE ATHLETIC ...

For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. The city began its ...

"This is the most used basketball court in all our 70-plus parks... but it was cracked. We needed a new one," Des Moines Parks and Recreation Director Ben Page told the Des Moines Register.