Matt Shaw, the Cubs' top prospect, will be given every chance to take the starting third base job and run with it for the rest of his career.

When it comes to Major League Baseball, Iowa is a great melting pot. We have no teams, and we have six teams. Six teams from four bordering states claim part or all of Iowa as their “home ...

An analysis of a 1.5 million-year-old vertebra from a human relative living in what is now Israel suggests that ancient ...

Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, has resigned. Her resignation comes after she was directed to drop corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric ...

Dog may have started Des Moines apartment fire, official says ...

A shorthanded Marshalltown boys’ basketball team couldn’t keep up with Des Moines Lincoln as the game went along, and the Bobcats fell 65-46 to the host Railsplitters in Tuesday’s Iowa Alliance ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A renewed and expanded effort from chemical giant Bayer to shield itself from lawsuits that claim its ...

The Cubs enter spring training with plenty of hype to end their postseason drought. But that's not the biggest storyline as camp begins.

Des Moines Prep, a public charter high school coming to Des Moines ' East Village, is officially taking applications for ...

Umpire Pat Hoberg was fired by Major League Baseball on Monday for sharing his legal sports gambling accounts with a friend ...

The Orioles acquired infielder Luis Vazquez from the Cubs and designated infielder Emmanuel Rivera for assignment. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

The Chicago Cubs appear to be close to bringing in another veteran pitcher to get a look at during camp. As first reported by Jacob Zanolla of Cubs Insider, the team has agreed to terms on a minor ...