During the final months of World War II, U.S. Navy battleships bombarded Japanese targets, contributing alongside Army ...

USS The Sullivans (DD-537), the ship named for ... one must suspect that the recruiting officer at the Des Moines Naval Recruiting Station would have been taken aback on January 3, 1942, when ...

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USS Missouri, the only U.S. battleship to have ... Notably, the U.S. Navy decided not to transfer the three heavy cruisers of the Des Moines class, which mostly remained in the Atlantic and ...

On Monday, two Navy aviators who died after their aircraft crashed near Mount Rainier were identified by the Navy.

A unique and little-known ship packed a formidable punch in the Korean and Vietnam wars. This is how the USS White River earned its fearsome reputation. With the war in Ukraine waging through a third ...

Not only is the building home to the governor's offices, the legislature and the old Supreme Court room, but it also shelters several artifacts, including a model of the USS Iowa battleship and ...

A new terminal project at the Des Moines International Airport is getting some federal funding. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley announced that the airport is getting $3.6 million to fund four new terminal ...

Des Moines is a major center for the insurance industry and maintains a sizable financial services and publishing business base. The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group ...

In 2009, John and Mary Pappajohn, a Des Moines venture capitalist and his wife, provided funding for and donated more than 30 sculptures to the Des Moines Art Center. Their donation transformed an ...

BATON ROUGE — LSU football has made it to the halfway point of the 2024 regular season. The Tigers (5-1, 2-0 SEC) have opened the season strong, currently ranked No. 8 in the country, the highest ...