Police dog, Sabre, followed a scent to a parked car near the convenience store. Police found cash and a bb gun inside.
No one was injured in the late night fire Wednesday and damage largely was limited to the top floor condominium where the fire started.
Police are seeking the public's help in identifying two men who robbed the Ecullatina.
Polk County law enforcement will be patrolling tonight, looking for seatbelt violations and drunken drivers.
After an administrative review of the March 27 pellet gun incident at Jensen Elementary School, Urbandale school officials will call 911 when there is a weapon at a school.
Urbandale Police Chief Ross McCarty explains inconsistencies in information about the March 27 pellet gun incident at Jensen Elementary School.
Barb Bauer is one of a growing group of Americans whose identities have been used by criminals to steal from the federal government. A record number of such cases have been reported in Urbandale this year.
Des Moines police have charged the parents of nine children with abuse. The father, James Beaudrie, is reportedly the owner of Gamesip at Merle Hay Mall. The Des Moines Register reports he was arrested in Chicago this morning
Officer Shane Taylor is relieved that his partner, Sabre, now has a canine Kevlar vest. The pair are together 24/7.
Kim Yoblonski is circulating an online petition to get school officials to reconsider the punishment of a second-grader who brought a pellet gun to school.
Some of Urbandale's neighboring cities lost power and experienced downed trees. Little of that was reported in Urbandale.
Three men were arrested on charges of marijuana or drug paraphrenalia possession last weekend.
Urbandale Police arrested two people on drunken driving charges last week.
Pamela Spring of Urbandale refused to pull over and was talking about aliens, according to witnesses.
Police arrested Mark Barber less than a week after Urbandale authorities released a hotel surveillance video image of an unidentified man suspected in a case of sexually-suggestive photography of a child.
Officers received reports of a semi-truck driving recklessly on Interstate 80 near Omaha on Sunday. Driver Pamela L. Spring of Urbandale was arrested and a methamphetamine pipe was found in the truck, officials said.
Several Urbandale residents reported thefts from locked and unlocked vehicles in the past two weeks.
Two people were arrested in Urbandale last week and over the weekend on drug or drunken driving charges.
Urbandale police last week asked for help in identifying the man shown in the green shirt in this photo and they got it.
Urbandale's tornado sirens are being tested this morning as part of the state's Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Urbandale police say they can't release details.
Wind Conditions canceled a controlled prairie burn last week in Urbandale. The event has been rescheduled for Thursday.
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Buccaneers forwards Kevin Irwin and Tanner Karty are accused of assaulting Force player Neal Goff and his 79-year-old grandfather.
Even though it was St. Patrick's Day, it was a fairly calm weekend in Urbandale, according to police logs.
An 18-year-old man said he was robbed a gunpoint in Urbandale earlier this month.
Nine Urbandale residents will be taking park in the fire department's Citizen Academy.
They already know.
Urbandale Police are asking for the public's help in identifying this man.
A Fargo, N.D., hockey player told police that he was assaulted after a Bucs game last weekend by Buccaneers players.
Three men were arrested on charges of first-offense drunken driving.
Urbandale police will have a heightened focus on drivers who don't have their seatbelts fastened next week.
Urbandale police arrested several people of drug, alcohol, theft and assault charges last week.
The Urbandale Fire Department recognized several outstanding employees at its recent awards banquet.
Debit and credit cards were stolen at Traditions Childrens Center.
Urbandale police arrested six people on alcohol-related charges or for driving while their license was barred.
Police arrested two people staying at the motel separately last Saturday. A man and a woman were wanted on outstanding charges in other cities.
The accident, just east of Merle Hay Road on Interstate Highway 80, mirrored a similar one last year in which a truck left the road and landed on a bike path below,
An Urbandale man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend while she was holding their month-old baby.