POLK COUNTY, Iowa (Iowa Capital Dispatch) - A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water and to safely interact with ...

The following counties and areas in Texas currently have a flood warning in place: Guadalupe River near Bloomington affecting ...

Source water nitrate levels still elevated, but are improving, Central Iowa Water Works says Polk County supervisor speaks on new water quality report and its findings Share Infinite Scroll Enabled ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed off on a bill to create a stewardship district for two new villages planned in eastern ...

The state budget came in later and leaner than last year. Yet there is plenty of funding for Polk County in the $115.1 billion spending plan adopted by the Florida Legislature late on June 16. The ...

The budget committee voted 13-3 with Sen. LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) joining Republicans in favor of approving the ...

The utility said it has been treating water for 55 days, at a cost of between $14,000 and $16,000 a day. In the past, the high cost to Des Moines and the rest of Polk County has led officials to go to ...

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

This is the latest change in monthslong drama regarding the position, which involved a former administrator being placed on ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has voted to approve a new, three-year sheriff's impound contract with Crow Tow, four years after the board chose to end a previous agreement amid widespread ...

Kyle Thomas Otto Bishop, from Polk County, Missouri, faces multiple charges of child sex crimes, including child pornography, child molestation, and sexual exploitation of a minor child. Bishop is ...

Polk County Fire Rescue's union president, Lee Stringer, said the staffing shortages have created longer work hours for current firefighters. This is something the wives of some firefighters are ...