A basketball signed by the popular Cyclone basketball coach is among the items missing in a business burglary believed to have been committed by the same person who smashed a vehicle window early Friday morning.
High-speed chase numbers are up in the metro, one central Iowa newspaper is reporting. Two have ended in deaths, which is prompting officials to rethink their pursuit policies.
For the fourth time in less than two months, eggs thrown on couple’s home.
False broadcasts from Jordan Creek Town Center frequencies may be of interest to FCC, West Des Moines police said.
The Department of Human Services has been involved with the family before.
West Des Moines police referred the couple to the Dallas County Attorney’s Office.
The device was made of a 2-liter Dr. Thunder soda pop bottle.
West Des Moines police say suspect, who reportedly escaped after being strapped to a hospital bed, was wanted on a Louisiana felony warrant.
A West Des Moines woman said the suspect was completely or partially undressed as he cruised the area.
West Des Moines police are seeking a woman as a possible suspect in several cases of prescription drug fraud.
John Kline told a U.S. District Court chief judge today that he is "ashamed and humbled" by his actions, one central Iowa newspaper reports.
Dispatchers say crews were called around 9:40 a.m. Friday, according to one local television station.
A man who police and Hy-Vee Food Store employees suspect of helping a woman try to steal cases of Coca-Cola products was banned from all of the chain's stories indefinitely.
Customers of a party bus were reportedly not helpful when police arrived to investigate a fight and shot fired at Beach Girls.
A West Des Moines man faces a fourth-degree theft charge after he allegedly bought rounds of drinks for patrons of Tonic bar, but didn't have the money in his account to pay the tab.
The 18-year-old made it nearly 20 miles before police apprehended him, according to the Des Moines Register. The incident follows another in which the teenager was charged after allegedly taking his friend's car without permission.
It wasn't just that the suspect took two slices of pizza, a store worker told West Des Moines police, but he allegedly wasted an entire pie.
Woman reportedly told West Des Moines police to take her to jail, then changed her mind.
The two-year anniversary of Okland's death while working at a West Des Moines townhouse development is April 8. Police are still following leads in the case and still need help from the public to solve her murder.
West Des Moines police are investigating an alleged prescription drug crime, among the fastest growing types of crimes in the Midwest.
“What?” an incredulous West Des Moines woman asked when told she had an extensive criminal background in Indiana. “I’m a good kid. I’m as straight-laced as they come.”
West Des Moines police are investigating a rash of thefts from vehicles while parked at area gyms.
A West Des Moines woman’s joy in seeing her old pal after a several years reportedly didn’t last long.
On this day of foolery, what would your favorite fictitious characters do in these real situations, taken from the files at the West Des Moines Police Department?
Couple reportedly fought with knives.
What would you do if your teenager downloaded pornography to your smartphone and ruined it?
And then, it reportedly happened again.
Suspect was wearing a black mask and sunglasses.
Also, annual inspections conducted by the city of West Des Moines got another tenant into some hot water.
A West Des Moines man reported feeling ill after he and his friend smoked a joint.
Tracks in the freshly fallen snow indicated to police that the same person walked up to several windows of a West Des Moines apartment complex.
A West Des Moines man got caught up in an alleged credit card fraud scheme.
West Des Moines police say victim was repeatedly asked to make wire transfers.
Allegations include third-degree sexual abuse, pornography charges.
Store employees allege items are always found missing after trio visit store.
The man’s former girlfriend reportedly worried he might provoke West Des Moines Police officers.
Suspect who allegedly robbed video store got away with undisclosed amount of money.
An Urbandale man reportedly raising a ruckus outside a West Des Moines home claimed he was just trying to hook up with girls he’d met earlier.
No injuries were reported Monday when a West Des Moines school bus plowed over a mailbox, struck a pickup and then crashed into a house.
West Des Moines police charged a Pleasantville teen with fifth-degree criminal mischief for an incident at the Jordan Creek Walmart.