At Crime Stoppers conference Independent, sister newspapers capture international ...

20 August 2008, 11:58 pm

The Independent & Free Press was honoured with two media awards at the 29th annual Crime Stoppers International conference in Des Moines, Iowa for coverage provided to the Halton Crime Stoppers program.... read more

More charges filed in Iowa plant immigration raid

20 August 2008, 3:49 pm

DES MOINES, Iowa : A supervisor arrested after a large immigration raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant was hit with new charges Tuesday including conspiring to hire illegal immigrants.... read more

Wounded Des Moines Boy Shows Gun To Police

20 August 2008, 11:34 am

Police say Jordan found a gun and was playing with it when it went off. It hit him near the shoulder.... read more

Regency executives ordered to pay $1M each

20 August 2008, 7:07 am

A Polk County judge has ordered Regency Homes executives to pay more than $1 million each on bank loans from 2004.... read more

Des Moines Man Found Guilty in Death of Informants

20 August 2008, 2:33 am

A jury has found Dennis Schofield guilty in the slayings of two drug informants nearly four years ago.... read more

Elevating Flooded Homes

19 August 2008, 10:09 pm

Have you thought about putting your house on stilts? Some people have actually done it! Others will be required to if they want to stay in their flood prone homes.... read more