Retirements, bids for higher office and contested primaries mean the 2026 campaign has begun in a host of Polk County races ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Polk County activated its Extreme Temperature Plan on Friday and it will remain in effect until noon ...

Polk County supervisors will meet to consider emergency food purchases as people cut off from SNAP swarm area food pantries ...

Izaah Knox, who is serving his first term as state senator, announced he is running for Angela Connolly's open seat on the ...

The Iowa Cancer Registry, the Harkin Institute, and the Polk County Health Department will partner for a presentation on the ...

In Central Iowa, that means warming centers will be open to provide shelter and a break from the cold. The Des Moines Area ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) - Polk County Board Chair Matt McCoy says accurate water quality data isn’t just important; it’s essential. That’s why Polk County pledged to allocate $200,000 to Iowa’s Water ...

Polk County could see the expiration of affordability agreements at up to 10 apartment complexes — representing as many as 623 units — in the next five years, according to a new analysis by the Polk ...

The number of Polk County students with religious exemptions from required school immunizations continues to rise. Students who opt out of the immunization requirements due to religious beliefs have ...

Newly released data from Realtor.com for September shows that potential buyers and sellers in Polk County saw higher home ...

A plan for $600,000 in necessary funding to maintain a University of Iowa water monitoring system vital for tracking nitrate, dissolved oxygen, and pH rates in streams across the state is set to be ...

THOSE ARE HOW LONG THAT WARM-UP STICKS AROUND. COMING UP. THANKS, JASON. A FORMER POLK COUNTY JAIL INMATE IS NOW SUING THE COUNTY. THE SHERIFF AND A FORMER JAIL WORKER, JUSTIN MALLORY, SAYS HE WAS ...