With the departure of Polk County Administrator John Norris, supervisors will turn their attention to hiring a successor. But they disagree on when.

A recommendation to slash Polk County Emergency Management's budget by nearly half was retracted late last week after supervisors were warned the proposal would devastate response capabilities. Why it ...

But court documents show he's been the subject of closed-door meetings of the supervisors since board Chair Matt McCoy and new Supervisors Jill Altringer and Mark Holm, elected in November ...

In March of 2023, Polk County Supervisor Matt McCoy filed a lawsuit against Norris and four of his fellow supervisors. In January of last year, McCoy agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. Just last week ...

This all comes just as new leadership has taken over the board of supervisors. Matt McCoy is the new chair of the board. We asked him about Norris in an interview on Monday. McCoy's response can ...