A tornado warning was issued for far northern Polk County, eastern Story County and portions of two other central Iowa ...

Five people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Polk County, Iowa, when a Honda Insight pulled out in front of a Buick ...

The National Weather Service in Des Moines says mature Iowa corn can send between 49 and 56 billion gallons of water into the ...

Officials say one person was taken to the hospital by air ambulance and four others were transported via ground ambulance.

After a cooler wave and some flash flooding in the middle of July; Polk County and other organizations are preparing for a heat wave coming to central Iowa this week. Polk County’s Extreme Temperature ...

Earlier this year, the Polk County Health Department installed a harm reduction vending machine outside of its building. The ...

The Harkin Institute and Polk County have announced the first official presentation of findings from the Central Iowa Source ...

In Polk County, eviction filings have steadily increased from about 4,400 in 2012 to roughly 6,400 in 2022. That same year, evictions statewide increased nearly 75% from around 10,500 in 2012 to ...

Polk County Administrator John Norris, a respected yet controversial figure since joining county government in late 2020, has agreed to step down after two months on paid administrative leave.. He ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Polk County, an area which ...