Several central Iowa fire departments have crews on the scene of a structure fire Friday afternoon near Dallas Center. Firefighters responded to the call early Friday afternoon in the 27000 block of ...

Storms blew through central and north central Iowa earlier this evening, some causing severe thunderstorm warnings. An apparent tornado even touched down in Humboldt County.Interactive Radar | Weather ...

About 80% of nitrates in the DSM and Raccoon rivers are directly linked to agriculture, the report concludes. State of play: ...

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water ...

This map of Iowa from 1855 shows 100 counties. Bancroft County was eliminated shortly after this map was published. The ...

Lawmakers held legislative hearings last week on bills on property tax reform, which their sponsors say would provide Iowans with an estimated $426 million in tax cuts over five years.

A House bill would bar the Iowa Economic Development Authority from providing funds to the state's four most populous counties — Polk, Linn, Scott and Johnson — for three years.

Iowa will send letters showing a more than 11% property tax rate increase for Polk County residents — a figure county officials say is inaccurate. News Sports Opinion Business Advertise ...

IOWA (KWWL) -- In the Iowa state legislature, elected officials are always trying to come up with new ways to help grow the state of Iowa. However, one senator wants ...

Ruth Sue Ann Robison, 45, and her husband Tony Ray Robinson, 52, both sustained gunshot wounds at a home in Des Moines, Iowa, around 5pm on Friday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

Tropical storm force winds will start arriving in Polk as early as 2 p.m. Wednesday, Anderson said, more likely by 7 p.m. Wednesday. Residents needed to be prepared for sustained winds of at least ...

The incident began Saturday in rural Polk County, Iowa, just north of Pleasant Hill city limits, when the water buffalo jumped onto its owner just before it was about to get shot and slaughtered ...