Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The iconic red Rocket Slide was replaced with a metallic one that doesn't fully wrap the center pole. The Union Park Rocket Slide ...

The over 50-year-old rocket slide at Union Park is now closed as it undergoes a round of repairs, but the Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department wrote to worried children and parents on Facebook ...

Treasured for generations, Des Moines' rocket slide play structure is going through major renovations so it will last for generations more. Des Moines City Council on Monday approved starting a nearly ...

Des Moines police say a group of kids set fire to the Rocket Slide at Union Park in Des Moines Thursday. The slide has been fenced off due to renovations from the city, but someone climbed through the ...

THIS INVESTIGATION. ALL RIGHT, LET’S HAVE A LITTLE FUN NOW BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE ICONIC ROCKET SLIDE AT UNION PARK IS OFFICIALLY BACK OPEN. AND LOOK AT THAT LINE OF KIDDOS WANTING TO RIDE IT ON DOWN ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) —Every community has something that stands as a symbol, and has endured through the years. For North Little Rock, one of those symbols is the Rocket Slide. "It ...

Des Moines city administrators want to assure everyone that the orange plastic fence blocking off part of Union Park’s beloved Rocket Slide is temporary. They have no plans to tear down the quirky ...

A piece of Roswell’s history could soon be gone, at least as people know it. The well-known rocket slide that sits at Spring River Park and Zoo was recently closed due to safety concerns, and many ...

The Union Park Rocket Slide is almost ready to blast off. The beloved 53-year-old slide, which closed for repairs and safety upgrades last year, was originally slated to reopen sometime this summer.