I first heard about Modern Woodmen Park in 2019, when images of the Davenport, Iowa, ballpark surrounded by the Mississippi ...

State officials are reminding boaters of how to stay safe on Iowa waters while celebrating the Independence Day holiday ...

For the first time, the new regional water utility Central Iowa Water Works implemented a ban on lawn watering on June 12 because nitrate levels of local rivers were in danger of violating federal ...

Des Moines alone has two swimming pools and three aquatic centers, not to mention four splash pools, 18 spraygrounds and one ...

Celebrate Independence Day at Waukee's two-day event at Centennial Park with yard games, food vendors, a parade and more. On ...

People living in central Iowa received a wake-up call last week that should drag water-quality back in front of the state’s 3.2 million residents. Iowa’s largest water supplier, one serving a fifth of ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — It's a boy! Des Moines Blank Park Zoo welcomes baby Henri, a male addax calf. Henri is second addax calf born at the zoo in hopes to strengthen the species of one of the ...

Johnson County manufactured home park residents are calling for a two-year moratorium on rent hikes, access to clean water and regular maintenance to residential grounds. At a press conference ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally comes from KCCI Des Moines and can be found in full on its website. Landscaping businesses say they will face some challenges under a new mandatory lawn watering ...

Patty Swartzendruber, who has lived in Iowa City’s Lake Ridge mobile home park for more than two decades says she enjoyed living there until Havenpark purchased the property in 2022.

Central Iowa Water Works says cities can reopen splash pads and spraygrounds as extreme heat arrives. But its first-ever lawn watering ban continues.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Central Iowa cities may reopen their public splash pads and spray grounds beginning Thursday as the area prepares for a weekend heat wave. "With the Polk County Extreme Temperature ...