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

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

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

The measles outbreak is now confirmed in at least 15 states, with new cases in Vermont, Maryland, and Oklahoma.

A former longtime Iowa lawmaker has died.Janet Metcalf represented Polk County in the Iowa House from 1985 to 2003. She was a ...

The measles outbreak is now confirmed in at least 15 states, with new cases in Vermont, Maryland, and Oklahoma.

The Polk County Emergency Management team says -- People should have ... Thunderstorms are expected to develop over far southwest and southern Iowa around 3-4 p.m., and then race to the north and ...

"In just a 10-day period in January under weather amnesty, the expense was $100,500 and that extra cost was not only due to the rate of having additional staff to make sure we had a safe work ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a six-figure payout to a longtime administrator. All five Polk County ...

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