News from The Des Moines Register

Ruans, Iowa Legal Aid receive Iowa Star, Aurora awards

Feb 9, 2012 2:57 am

A pair of Des Moines philanthropists and an organization that provides legal assistance to low-income Iowans were recognized Wednesday night as the winners of The Des Moines Register's annual Iowa Sta...

Iowa's unlikely duo working to save American homes

Feb 9, 2012 1:49 am

They reportedly will soon announce a $25 billion settlement with major banks.

House panel OKs 40% cut in commercial property taxes

Feb 9, 2012 1:00 am

An Iowa House committee approved a bill Wednesday night that would slash commercial property taxes by 40 percent over eight years, while providing hundreds of millions of dollars in state money to bac...

Iowa moving to create an electronic medical records network

Feb 8, 2012 11:02 pm

Iowa would create a health information network used as a library of sorts that would allow medical officials to quickly obtain past records of patients advocates say is critical to providing proper an...

Sheep delivers quintuplets in eastern Iowa

Feb 8, 2012 9:51 pm

Farmer Bret Blackford, who farms near Marion, says one of his ewes had grown to the size of a 55-gallon oil barrel, so he knew something big was going to happen.

For Cedar Rapids info, download 'CR App'

Feb 8, 2012 9:41 pm

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. -- The city of Cedar Rapids boasts more than 1,000 downloads of its new custom-designed smartphone application in the first month and the acronym of CR App has turned out to be a rat...

Iowa officials: $500K spent on allegedly phantom Super Bowl tickets

Feb 8, 2012 9:01 pm

At least $500,000 worth of tickets to Super Bowl XLVI and other premier sporting events were not delivered by a Boyden woman under investigation for allegedly selling phantom tickets.

Des Moines is one of 5 cities to get its own Foursquare badge

Feb 8, 2012 6:55 pm

A Drake University Social Media Strategies class has put Des Moines on the Foursquare map.

Entertainers, lawyers, cops discuss dismissed burlesque case

Feb 8, 2012 6:18 pm

A burlesque show has been on hold since two women were ticketed last fall for showing too much skin. Now that charges have been dropped, Erin O'Grady is looking for a venue without a liquor license.

Does Iowa need an HPV program? Senate subcommittee says yes

Feb 8, 2012 6:13 pm

Iowa's health department would launch a $250,000 public awareness program about the human papillomavirus vaccine under a bill approved today by a Senate subcommittee.