The ape cognition research center near Easter Lake was founded by Des Moines businessman Ted Townsend as Great Ape Trust in 2002. The initial bonobos arrived in 2004. Bonobos are great apes closely ...

Artist Claire Sedovic joins WHO13's Teodora Mitov on Today in Iowa Saturday to talk about the skywalk mural the community can help paint. Republican congressman shuts down troll on Capitol Hill ...

Molly Atkins with the Greater Des Moines Partnership joins WHO13's Teodora Mitov on Today in Iowa Saturday to talk about the skywalk mural the community can help paint. Top US vaccine official ...

Despite chilly Midwestern winters, the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden remains a year-round top attraction thanks to the site's domed conservatory, which is kept consistently balmy to nurture ...

Voss serves on boards such as the Blank Park Zoo, the Des Moines Arts Festival and the Friends ... lawyer at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, which joined a group called Clean Up MidAm ...

The Iowa House passed a bill to establish a "center for intellectual freedom" at the University of Iowa. The center would focus on historical ideas and texts that shaped American society.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A home in the northeast part of the Des Moines metro is a total loss following a fire that began Tuesday morning. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office tells WHO 13 a call came in around ...

OKAY. WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. ZANE. THANK YOU. WELL, NEW FROM OVERNIGHT. DES MOINES POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER THEY SAY TWO MEN WERE SHOT. OFFICERS TELL US IT HAPPENED ON 10TH ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines’ first-ever board game cafe is set to open sometime this spring. Many Des Moines gamers know The Rook Room as a pop-up event at local businesses. Tony Tandeski and ...

It was December 1964. After nearly a decade since its inception, Johnson had broken ground on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Center opened its doors to the public in 1971, per ...

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