From high-flying hot air balloons to a star-studded music festival, Local 5 rounded up five events taking place in central Iowa this weekend.

The Reconnect Movement encourages college students to gather together without the pressures of social media or smartphones.

Child care worries have been made worse this summer by federal cuts and depleting pandemic funds, and they aren’t expected to ...

Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne died July 22 at 76. The rock legend left Des Moines "with bat taste in mouth" after a show in 1982.

Andrew James McGann had been hired as an educator by Arkansas' Springdale Public Schools for the 2025-2026 school year, ...

It has likely been decades since Polk County revised high school attendance boundaries districtwide. Here's how the process ...

DeSoto County Schools has appointed seven new principals for the 2025-26 school year. Here's a look at the new school leaders ...

The Cape Coral Police Department held an FAQ session for media to answer questions about school zone cameras before the new school year.

The City Council's last minute rejection of a deal to let Excel Academy lease the empty Carl Lauro Elementary School left the mayor taken aback.

Judging by the flood of back-to-school promotions, the start of a new school year is near. Here are the back-to-school dates ...

School districts in Stearns, Benton and Sherburne Counties are gearing up for the first day. Here's a list of when area ...