A train derailment on the east side of Des Moines has blocked several streets.The derailment closed Dean Avenue, East Walnut Street and Capitol Avenue.There was no immediate word on injuries in the ...

Trains have stopped across busy Des Moines streets for hours at a time over the past week, locking up traffic on the east side and driving away customers, local business owners say. In once instance ...

A group is scrambling to raise money to buy and restore a historic train depot in a quickly developing area of Des Moines. A group is scrambling to raise money to buy and restore a historic train ...

Justice hit an Iowa crook like a freight train, Des Moines cops say. Lopez Christian Webster, 32, broke into an East Grand Ave. home on Tuesday and stabbed a man repeatedly before fleeing with the ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday ...

The leaders in the Des Moines Marathon could see the finish line — they just had to wait a bit. A passing train forced the two leaders in the 26.2-mile race to wait for about a minute Sunday just 400 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines police have identified a teenager who died while trying to climb aboard a slow-moving freight train. Police announced Monday that 18-year-old Phillip Tyshawn Simmons ...