Polk County commissioners vote to decrease the setback for chicken coops, but a new state law prohibits their desired ...

Polk County's landfill disposal fees will rise on Oct. 1 and nine cities fill face higher costs. Here's a glimpse at what that will mean in one of them.

A Polk County couple has been charged with felonies after a report of child endangerment on Tuesday, July 15. According to ...

Positive incentives may be the best answer in many situations. Still, Iowa taxpayers should not have to pay "rent" incentives ...

Both great-grandparents said they had taken the children to bathe at a motel and a friend’s home, according to the affidavit.

Each project is different, but one Polk County site offers a window into the challenging but rewarding process of restoring ...

The environmental group pointed to a 1992 federal rule that barred using phosphogypsum in road projects and to potential ...

An environmental group urged a federal appeals court to toss out a decision by the EPA that would allow using phosphogypsum, ...

On July 9, Westen was arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail on animal cruelty charges. Prosecutors said she did not ...

Benton County planning commissioners are scheduled to make their final decision on the proposed 70-acre expansion of the ...

The Center for Biological Diversity is legally challenging the EPA's decision to allow phosphogypsum in the construction ...

Home reverse osmosis systems are becoming more popular in central Iowa as nitrates affect public drinking water supplies.