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 ...

These soldiers hailed from across the state and represented multiple military branches. Captain Roy B. Gray from Des Moines ...

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.

The missing crew members are presumed dead after rescue teams spent five days searching for them, even after the Navy found ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TODAY’S EVENT COMES AHEAD OF THE BAND’S MUSIC FESTIVAL, KNOTFEST. THAT’S SATURDAY AT WATERWORKS PARK IN DES MOINES. THE LINEUP ALSO INCLUDES BANDS LIKE KNOCKED LOOSE AND HOLY WARS.