POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Every odd-numbered year, the county assesses the value of all properties and looking to 2023, they are anticipating a jump. Polk County assessor Randy Ripperger said that ...

So if the increases in property assessments constitute a recent record, which parts of the county are seeing their assessments rise the most? We crunched the numbers from the Polk County Assessor ...

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

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — Amazon is pushing back on its Polk County tax bill. The company plans to dispute the property tax assessment on its Bondurant warehouse at a hearing in April.

Hardin County is the only other Iowa county with a burn ban currently in place, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety. Its burn ban went into effect June 14.

The map is designed to help residents and tourist evacuees find shelter during an impending storm. Polk County has 47 hurricane shelters, including three for people with special needs.

Storms are pushing into eastern Iowa Thursday night after bringing heavy rain and damaging winds, plus at least one tornado.

The map was prepared by the state's nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency under a new law intended to decrease county supervisors' influence in the once-every-10-years redistricting process.