Doris Hewlitt will celebrate her 80th birthday with a card shower. She was born Oct. 5, 1945. She is a retired nurse and ...

Dick and JoAnn Carey of Shell Rock will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 9.

Week Five has some heavyweight tilts scheduled starting with No. 2 Clear Lake at No. 5 Independence in 3A, and No. 5 Gladbrook-Reinbeck at Don… ...

Free Family Fun Day will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Hearst Center for the Arts, 304 W. Seerley Blvd.

The Pear Fair, an open-air curated showcase of local and regional handmade craft and design, will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The buzz of saws and whirr of drills filled the building Tuesday, as final details were taken care of.

City council candidates on the Nov. 4 election ballot are finalized, with newcomers hoping to win, incumbents seeking to retain their seats an… ...

Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after driving away during "a targeted enforcement operation." ...

Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Courier.

Justin Glisan, the Iowa state climatologist since 2018, said Friday that he is preparing to help National Weather Service employees by taking some of their climate work.

Sara Jane Moore, who was imprisoned for more than 30 years after she made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, has died. She was 95.

In 2024, the drive provided 308 coats and hundreds of hats, boots, gloves and scarves people throughout Black Hawk County.