A Des Moines microbrewery is one of 20 finalists for USA TODAY's 10Best's list of best brewpub. Readers can help it win first place.

Café Madeleine debuts at 218 Sixth Ave. at the base of the Fleming Building in Des Moines. It takes over the former Evolve Juicery & Paleo Kitchen space. Baruthio plans to change the menu at Café Madeleine every six weeks,

Johnston girls basketball player Ari Phillips and Ankeny Centennial boys wrestler Maximus Dhabolt are voted the Register's Athletes of the Week.

At 27 years old, Daniel Luckett, aka Entre Luche, has earned his place in The Recording Academy class of 2024, cementing his role in the Grammy Awards for the next five years. The Grammy Awards are the only peer-voted award in music.

Caribou Coffee expands its central Iowa footprint with two new locations. The first opened on Wednesday at the intersection of Keosauqua Way and Crocker Street, just off I-235. T his marks the second location to open in Iowa within the last year and makes 16 in the Des Moines metro.

If you're looking for a cheap place to live, Iowa is home to some of the most affordable cities in the Midwest, according to the Motley Fool.

A state law that would allow the arrest and deportation of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into the country will remain blocked after a federal appeals court ruling issued Friday.

The last few days have been a whirlwind for grant-funded organizations like Central Iowa Center for Independent Living, which relies on federal money.

It comes after Trump won the district by 21 points in November. In 2024, Trump flipped Scott County red after Joe Biden previously won by the county by 3 points in 2020, and Hillary Clinton by 2 points in 2016. Jackson and Clinton counties were won by Trump in the last three presidential elections.

The Lunar New Year takes place on Wednesday, ringing in the Year of the Snake. Across the Des Moines metro, restaurants created special events to celebrate the spring festival for a year described as "a time of transformation,

A DES MOINES RESTAURANT HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A PRESTIGIOUS JAMES BEARD AWARD. SIMONS IS RECOGNIZED IN THE OUTSTANDING HOSPITALITY CATEGORY, ALONG WITH 20 OTHER RESTAURANTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE ARE THE RESTAURANTS THAT THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION,

The woman also allegedly wrote "we don't want you here" on one of the restaurants. One is a Mexican place and the other serves Puerto Rican food.