Polk County is ready to utilize the River Place as an overnight extreme temperature shelter if Central Iowa Shelter Services ...

Crews are renovating the building at 1900 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines to make way for Global Neighbors, a resource hub for ...

Iowa's most urban and Democratic-leaning counties would have to change how county supervisors are elected under a bill GOP ...

On Friday calls were made to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office about a dispute at the Polk County Administration building.

Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said President Donald Trump has expanded Republicans' base in Iowa since his first term in ...

Polk County has activated its Extreme Temperature plan after dangerous cold moved into central Iowa. Monday morning, Polk ...

The law would require the state’s largest counties — and those with a regent university — to elect supervisors from districts ...

Polk County Republicans held their own celebration for the inauguration in Des Moines on Monday. The event was held at the World Food Prize. Former U.S. Ambassador to China and former Iowa Gov. Terry ...

An Iowa man was sentenced to 55 years in prison over the kidnapping of a former girlfriend in September — a conviction comes ...

(Red Oak) - A southwest Iowa native and stalwart of Iowa politics is near the center of controversy in Polk County.

The bill would require counties with a population of 125,000 or more, or which are home to a public university, use equal-population districts to elect the board of supervisors.