Two deputies were sent to the hospital after an inmate attacked them with a homemade weapon at Polk County Jail.

The Polk County Board of Supervisors released the Central Iowa Source Water Resource Assessment (CISWRA) at its meeting Tuesday morning.

An investigation is underway after three Harris County jail inmates died just a little more than 24 hours apart.

Polk County report: Majority of central Iowa water pollution tied to farming The nitrate levels in central Iowa are among the highest in the US and routinely exceed the health-based drinking water ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

THE IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH OBTAINED A COPY AND KCCI SPOKE WITH POLK COUNTY SUPERVISOR MATT MCCOY ABOUT ITS FINDINGS.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts by 29-year-old Aaron Donta Johnson, who was a wanted man for violating a pretrial release condition.

“After about 10 minutes of knocking on the door and saying ‘Polk County Sheriff’s Office,’ this guy from inside said, ‘who the blank is the Polk County Sheriff’s Office?,” Judd said.

Claiborne Hancock Grainger Union Inmates start fire at Union County jail Officials say it's the fifth time this year inmates have started a fire in the same cell block.

Sac County sheriff calls for new jail after inmate assaults staffer, nearly escapes On June 4, Sac County Jail inmate Artis Karazins escaped his cell, assaulted staff and law enforcement, and ...

An understaffed medical team at Allegheny County Jail was “deliberately indifferent” in 2023 to an inmate’s opioid withdrawal, which ended in the Beaver County man’s death, according to a ...