A budget shortfall and proposed tax overhaul put pressure on Polk County supervisors — themselves highly paid — to act on ...

Polk County's interim administrator says the county will be able to balance its fiscal year 2026 budget despite facing a $7.2 ...

Polk County supervisors agreed to pay nearly $520,000 in salary and other expenses Tuesday in exchange for administrator John ...

After two months on administrative leave, Polk County Administrator John Norris is set to receive more than $500,000 in exchange for resigning ...

The settlement comes two months after the board placed Polk County Administrator John Norris on paid administrative leave.

Iowa health experts warn of a potential measles outbreak due to falling vaccination rates and spring break travel.

Deputies responded to reports of a crash on Highway 316 on the bridge crossing the Des Moines River at 11:30 a.m. Monday.

Polk County Board of Supervisors Chair Matt McCoy released a statement ... the Bill of Rights, federal law, the Iowa Constitution and Iowa law," said Rep. Steven Holt, R-Denison. "Unfortunately, these ...

Iowa’s state elected officials could get a major pay raise under a bill advanced by Iowa Senate lawmakers on Tuesday. The ...

China's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, including a 10% tariff on soybeans, are causing concern for Iowa farmers like Doug Fuller, whose family has farmed in northern Polk County for generations.