A witness told police an 18-year-old went under and did not resurface. Divers were in the second day searching for the ...

The body of a swimmer who went under the water at Raccoon River Park’s Blue Heron Lake Sunday and didn’t surface has been ...

First responders have located the body of an 18-year-old man who went missing while swimming at Raccoon River Park Sunday night.

The West Des Moines police and fire departments were called out to Raccoon River Park just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday. As of 7 p.m., the missing swimmer has not been found. The Des Moines Fire ...

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Local financial expert Cameron McCarty talks about how to budget summer fun that is inline with our financial goals ...

police say Wakefield told them the dog was dead. Wakefield told police he had dumped the animal near Raccoon River Park. Police located the animal's remains a A 27-year-old Des Moines resident has ...

The smoke from Canadian wildfires left a thick haze over West Des Moines' Raccoon River Park this week. (Photo by Clark Kauffman/Iowa Capita Dispatch) Smoke from the fires currently ravaging the ...

The otters, however, were not very subtle in their escape. They left fresh tracks in the snow, galavanting around the zoo and ...