The Iowa boys' state basketball tournament is steeped in tradition, but one unique ritual takes place each morning before fans fill the seats at Wells Fargo Arena. Volunteers with the Iowa High School ...

Off Hours, your free weekly newsletter from the Des Moines Register, showcases all things fun you can do in central Iowa.

No. 8 Michigan State did it again. After trailing at halftime, the Spartans rallied to ultimately conquer Iowa, 91-84, on the road, outscoring the Hawkeyes, 61 ...

Michigan State’s 17th Big Ten title and Izzo’s 11th as a coach is the program’s first championship since 2020.

The Iowa State Fair has announced two more Grandstand acts for the 2025 fair. Fairgoers got the chance to guess who would be ...

The Grandstand lineup is almost entirely set, save for the final act on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Fans should stay tuned for the ...

Two new artists have been added to the Iowa State Fair Grandstand lineup for 2025. Pop, hip-hop and Latin rhythm star, ...

Des Moines, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday, despite massive ...

Iowa tax bills will be slightly lower this year, as the state’s individual income tax rate dropped by nearly 2 percentage points. Government officials in Iowa passed a comprehensive tax reform ...

A country music superstar is joining the Grandstand lineup for this year's Iowa State Fair. Hank Williams Jr. will perform at ...

The current state song isn’t awful, he told PA Local by phone, but it isn’t great either, and only a legally codified change of tune can fix that shortcoming. “The state song we have now ...

The Iowa State Fair promises that the concert will be a history-making appearance complete with sing-along songs like “Family Tradition,” “A Country Boys Can Survive” and “All My Rowdy ...