“Who’s that?” a disaster relief volunteer temporarily on loan from Florida recalls asking 20 years ago during cleanup from West Des Moines’ worst disaster. His future wife, it turns out.
Get your brews and burgers served with a side of swimwear next week at the West Des Moines Twin Peaks restaurant.
West Des Moines-trained gymnast, who is eying a spot on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, says family kept her grounded “if my head got too big.”
Stargazers will be able to see Saturn's rings very clearly for the first time since 2006.
Two dozen girls are rocking out this summer at Girls Rock DSM, a summer music camp in Des Moines.
This year's Iowa State Fair Butter Cow companion sculpture will honor the Lincoln Highway Bridge in Tama and 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Add the Smurfs to your family photographs and make your world a little Smurfier. Sponsored by “The Smurfs 2.”
If you’ve forgotten what Valley Junction looked like 20 years ago, click through these photos and see a remarkable story of community response.
Brush aside concerns about melanoma and other skin cancers, premature aging and other harmful effects of UV rays and still get a healthy looking summer glow.
The new chairperson is a graduate of Drake University and a Des Moines native.
The “Riding Through History” exhibition opens Friday at the State Historical Museum of Iowa. The exhibit highlights RAGBRAI as one of Iowa’s iconic traditions.
A glance at the weekly forecast for West Des Moines.
Race across the country headed by Dr. Richard Deming, West Des Moines cancer doc, will stop for two days in the metro.
Here is a look at who is hiring in and around West Des Moines for the week of July 14.
Steve Mumma recalls the epic flood that left 18 inches of water in his store and a warm place in his heart for his employees, volunteers and the American Red Cross in today's look back at historic disaster.
Farm bill debate is usually a bipartisan love fest between rural states like Iowa that support farm programs and urban states that like the nutrition side of the program. But there’s a divorce shaping up and it’s contentious.
Plenty to see in Iowa real estate this weekend.
The heart is a lonely and sometimes desperate hunter.
Movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the West Des Moines area, including "White House Down" and "World War Z". Let Patch help you decide what you're going to see this weekend.
West Des Moines Human Services wants to help low income students get off to a good start this school year.