Tyler Jett

The Des Moines City Council will vote on requesting to expand the state investment district for a downtown soccer stadium to include the Market District.

Soon after the Des Moines Public Schools board hired Ian Roberts, the Polk County Sheriff's Office served him with a restraining order from Missouri

Morgan State University says Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts did not receive a doctoral degree from the school, despite Roberts' past claims.

Des Moines Public Schools previously stated that Ian Roberts received an MBA from MIT. The elite university has no record of his enrollment.

Opera thrives on grandiosity. But as audience, support fades, innovators point to new, less costly ways of presenting the classical artform

As a 'seasonal amusement' under federal law, the Des Moines Metro Opera does not have to pay minimum wage or overtime

Heat, falling scenery, even an open pit in the middle of the stage among the many hazards of Des Moines Metro Opera work, alumni say

Even Eminem couldn't wake him up, one Des Moines Metro Opera alumni recalls of the exhaustion he felt amid 100-hour weeks

Big ambitions have driven the Des Moines Metro Opera from its start in 1973 under founder Robert Larsen.

Hailed by national publications, the Des Moines Metro Opera's disproportionate achievements bring outsized demands on it staff, workers say.