HOLIDAY SEASON. IT’S A HISTORIC NIGHT FOR IOWA’S LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT. VOTERS IN THE DES MOINES SCHOOL DISTRICT APPROVE A $265 MILLION SCHOOL BOND REFERENDUM, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN STATE HISTORY.

AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE IMT DES MOINES MARATHON IS BACK IN TOWN FOR ITS 24TH YEAR. ORGANIZERS ARE ALREADY GETTING SET UP FOR THE BIG THE BIG WEEKEND AHEAD. YOU CAN SEE THE ROUTE FOR THIS ...

Darlene Patsy Kenny (LaGue), age 91, from Hillsboro, Indiana passed away peacefully on October 26, 2025, at Woodland Terrace of New Palestine, where she had lived for the last few years. Born on June ...

Jackie Norris, the chair of the Des Moines school board, ended her 2026 Iowa Senate campaign on Thursday, citing the recent resignation and arrest of the school district’s superintendent. “The recent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ICE arrest photo of Ian Andre Roberts (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: ICE via AP) Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of ...

Ian Roberts, the leader of Des Moines’ schools who was detained by immigration agents last week, is resigning, his lawyer said Tuesday. “We will today be sending a letter to the Des Moines school ...

Immigration officials arrested Ian Roberts, the Des Moines Public Schools superintendent, on Friday and said he was in the country illegally. By Mitch Smith and Ann Hinga Klein Reporting from Des ...

Iowa Democrats are rallying behind a school superintendent who was arrested by ICE on allegations that he is in the country illegally this week, and they are led by a school board chair who once held ...

Officials on Saturday put the leader of Iowa's largest school district on administrative leave, a day after federal immigration agents detained him because they said he was in the country illegally.

Federal authorities on Friday arrested the superintendent of the Des Moines public school system, saying he is in the country illegally from Guyana and has an outstanding immigration removal order.

The superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools — Iowa’s largest school district – was detained Friday morning by immigration agents, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which said the ...

Federal immigration officials said the superintendent had received a deportation order in May 2024 and fled from agents when they approached him on Friday. By Ernesto LondoñoAnn Hinga Klein and Mitch ...