The section of Park Avenue in Des Moines will be closed until Aug. 22, except to residents who need to access their homes.

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water and to safely interact with central Iowa streams.

Polk County Fire Rescue Battalion Chiefs Ramon Gonzalez and Charles True will be moving up the ranks to deputy chiefs, according to a Polk County news release from July 2.

At its meeting on Tuesday, the Iowa Public Information Board talked about how to implement a law passed earlier this year.

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — The Polk County Board of Supervisors has selected a new county administrator. Frank Marasco, who has been serving as the interim county administrator for nearly six months, was ...

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

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

In documents provided by the Polk County Property Appraiser’s Office, as of June, two projects were approved for the 2024 tax roll under Live Local Act tax breaks for developments.

Iowa weather: Flood watch for parts of Polk, Dallas counties; tornado touches down in Humboldt County Probably something we shouldn't be doing. Oh, it's on the ground again.

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.