Starts Right Here founder Will Keeps says he often loses students because they are living in a car or on the street. With a safe place to live, he believes they will ...

New doors of opportunity are opening for Starts Right Here, an alternative school program in Des Moines, as the state awarded more than $3 million to the program to provide housing for homeless youth.

KCCI.COM. ALYSSA. THANK YOU. IN POLK COUNTY IS HELPING. STARTS RIGHT HERE IN DES MOINES WITH THEIR EXPANSION PROJECT. THE ORGANIZATION HELPS AT-RISK YOUTH FINISH SCHOOL. YESTERDAY, THE POLK COUNTY ...

The trial of the alleged Starts Right Here shooter Preston Walls will not move from Polk County after a motion for a change of venue was denied. Walls is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Construction is now underway at a former Lutheran Church in Des Moines’ East Village that will transform the historic building into a school and housing facility for at-risk youth.

A rose to Starts Right Here for continuing to expand its vision to help youth in the Des Moines area. The alternative school program has persevered in its first six years through ups and downs; now it ...

Starts Right Here, a school for at-risk youth in Des Moines, is undergoing a major expansion and the Polk County Board of Supervisors approved of $750,000 on Tuesday to help with the funding. Teodora ...

The families of two youths shot and killed at a downtown Des Moines alternative learning center have settled their lawsuit against the school and its founder. Gionni Dameron, 18, and Rashad Carr, 16, ...