Sound Transit gave reporters a sneak peak at the three new light rail stations set to open in Kent Des Moines, Star Lake, and ...

(This story has been updated to add new information and video.) One Blank Park Zoo tourist train clipped the back of another train at 7 p.m. Friday during the zoo's annual Halloween Zoo Brew event, ...

The Olympics are special for Natasha Kaiser-Brown. The Des Moines native, formerly Natasha Kaiser, was once in the same shoes as the nearly 600 athletes from the United States competing for a medal in ...

A train derailment on the east side of Des Moines has blocked several streets.The derailment closed Dean Avenue, East Walnut Street and Capitol Avenue.There was no immediate word on injuries in the ...

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Justice hit an Iowa crook like a freight train, Des Moines cops say. Lopez Christian Webster, 32, broke into an East Grand Ave. home on Tuesday and stabbed a man repeatedly before fleeing with the ...

A 26-year-old Des Moines man has died after he tried to jump aboard a train. The Des Moines Register reports that Des Moines Police say Ian Pfeifer tried to jump aboard the train early Saturday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Des Moines police have identified a teenager who died while trying to climb aboard a slow-moving freight train. Police announced Monday that 18-year-old Phillip Tyshawn Simmons ...

People stopped by the train at the 2009 Portland Marathon were mad ... now, how would you feel if you were in the lead 400 meters from the finish, when a train stopped you for nearly a minute? Now, ...

The leaders in the Des Moines Marathon could see the finish line — they just had to wait a bit. A passing train forced the two leaders in the 26.2-mile race to wait for about a minute Sunday just 400 ...