Ground was broken on the Des Moines Ordnance Plant in Ankeny on July 28, 1941, months before the Imperial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the country into the war that had already been ...

The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant near Burlington is slated for $1.2 billion in upgrades; The sprawling complex is a top U.S. military source of 155 mm shells, the most commonly used artillery ordnance ...

Bridgestone will be laying off some employees at its Des Moines plant. According to Iowa WARN, a state-run log of notices of layoffs, Bridgestone is laying off a total of 216 people by July 5 ...

A succulent at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden is getting ready to die — but first it will put on a show. An Agave ovatifolia, also known as a frosty blue succulent, is about to unfurl ...

A Des Moines tire plant has been fined for the death of an employee.Jessica Royce was killed at work in September 2024 when a tire weighing several hundred pounds fell on her at Titan Tire.A ...

Neighbors of a soybean processing plant in Des Moines say they're concerned about plans to expand the facility, which already is the largest producer of hazardous air pollution in Polk County.Some ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines officials will continue to monitor complaints about a putrid smell wafting from an animal rendering plant near downtown that triggered calls to an odor hotline ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Titan International Inc. has completed a major upgrade to its manufacturing facility in Des Moines. The $2 million investment is part of Titan's multi-year strategic capital plan ...

Two Iowa sites — Railroad Avenue Groundwater Contamination Site that is part of Des Moines Water Treatment Plant, and the Mid-America Tanning Company site near Sergeant Bluff — had some minor flooding ...