Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every day when Milford Fonza arrived for his shift as a firefighter at Station 1 in downtown Des Moines, he was greeted with ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Des Moines Police Department says westbound traffic on Interstate 235 is delayed after what appears to ...

The Des Moines Fire Department is hosting a fire prevention open house Saturday, June 27, featuring fire trucks, activities and safety tips at Fire Station No. 1. The Des Moines Fire Department is ...

An influx of fires in the Des Moines metro has devastated several homes and apartment buildings since the beginning of May. Residents have been displaced, pets lost, and residences deemed as total ...

Authorities say a driver and dog were injured Thursday after a vehicle crashed into a Des Moines home. The Des Moines Police ...

Fire crews are battling a house fire in the basement of a home on the 1700 block of East Bell Avenue in Des Moines, just east of Southeast 14th Street. The Des Moines Fire Department said the fire ...

Every day when Milford Fonza arrived for his shift as a firefighter at Station 1 in downtown Des Moines, he was greeted with racial harassment from his co-workers. That was his reward for the two ...

Milford Fonza became the first Black firefighter in Des Moines in nearly 50 years when he was hired in 1967. Fonza faced racial harassment and left for California six years later, but the barrier he ...