More than a third of people killed in traffic crashes this year weren't wearing seat belts.
Fire officials credit a homeowner's routine smoke-alarm maintenance with sounding the alarm when a fire broke out.
Eight guns taken from a house under renovation.
Components to an X Box system and Wii game were taken in an overnight break-in at the teen center on Nov. 10, according to West Des Moines Police.
A thief pried open the door of a safe at the eatery, but forgot to take along two boxes of alcohol.
An Urbandale man charged with shoplifting 12 stocking caps and hats was arrested at gunpoint after he ran into a nearby Wells Fargo Bank.
A stolen Chevy Impala was used by thieves to bash down the front doors of Scott's Shoppe service station last week, according to the West Des Moines Police Department.
Occupants of home on Ashworth Road were using fireplace.
The West Des Moines victim says a knee injury suffered in the mishpa requires her to use crutches.
Farewell October. We celebrated West Des Moines Patch's first anniversary all month long with stories you couldn’t get enough of.
A semi-truck that wrecked and caught fire this afternoon has kept traffic on Interstate 35 southbound at a standstill.
Two people were arrested this week for assaulting police officers in two separate incidents. What did they have in common?
Firefighters sold T-shirts to raise money during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Police wade into the “he said, she said” world of alleged addicts.
After she gave notice and quit, her employer allegedly posted an uncomplimentary reference on a nanny site and now she's locked out.
A clue – a can of Mountain Dew - was dusted for fingerprints.
One cookie at a time, nearly $43,000 has been raised for the Youth Justice Initiative, a restorative justice program that gets high marks for participants' low recidivism rate.
The girl was reportedly talking with her friends when an unknown male entered the chat room.
Woman who allegedly assaulted former boyfriend tells police she wasn’t mad about lost cigarettes, but about alleged California-Iowa drug connection.
With the end of Daylight Saving Time approaching, this is a good time to change smoke alarm batteries – and if you live in Valley Junction, the fire department may do it for free.
An argument between two dancers allegedly started over a text message.
A police report said uninvited guests “started to cause problems” and were asked to leave a get-together welcoming soldiers home.
Police asked the pair about clothing an officer found nearby on a rock and they said they were cold.
Polk County Crimestoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of suspects in this case.
Unfriended and blocked, woman learned from her friends how former boyfriend’s alleged harassment.
After confusion over jurisdiction, several witnesses called Westcom Dispatch to tell authorities what they witnessed on Interstate 235.
A diner at P.F. Chang's China Bistro told police he was afraid the Council Bluffs woman might hurt one of the employees after they tried to eject her for her political rant.
A local excavating company claims hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses for InFocus Partners’ alleged failure to make payroll tax payments since 2009.
The plea was in connection to an incident that occurred in May.
Open house and pancake breakfast will be held Saturday.
In another case, West Des Moines police and fire officials investigated a fire in a tree, then a broken window in the same neighborhood.
The West Des Moines fire marshal says it appears the house did not have working smoke alarms when it caught fire Friday morning. One of the residents called police Saturday to say he smelled gasoline in the house.
The six-foot long mountain lion made a threatening move toward Des Moines Police officers and was killed. The incident took place about 8 miles from the First Street and Grand Avenue in West Des Moines.
Did a disgruntled customer set fire to a credit union's fence? Why were no charges filed after a fight at a child-care center?
The woman wired money after receiving repeated calls from people claiming to be with the IRS and investment companies, say West Des Moines Police.
A woman reports that a grade-school classmate from Waukee became infatuated with her a year ago and has begun leaving unusual gifts at her door.
An Urbandale man was attacked and a Johnston man was sent to the hospital after a melee at a West Des Moines motel.
The suspect in thefts from kiosks at Jordan Creek Town Center is shown on video surveillance, police say.
The man is suing for injuries he claims he suffered in a 2010 bar fight at the Last Chance Saloon on an Indian reservation in North Dakota.
The accident happened just before 6 a.m. at the interchange of Interstates 235, 35 and 80, West Des Moines authorities said.