A tornado warning has been issued this morning for a portion of Polk County, including Des Moines, Ankeny, Altoona, Saylorville, Bondurant. That warning is expected to remain in effect until 6:45 a.m.

Two deputies were sent to the hospital after an inmate attacked them with a homemade weapon at Polk County Jail.

Volunteers from the Anderson First Christian Church are partnering with McDonald County Sheriff Rob Evenson to provide meals for inmates on holidays, offering them hope and reminding them they are … ...

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

MAYFIELD, Ky. — Graves County officials have struggled to compensate for the loss of the county jail in the December 2021 tornado. While considering security concerns and fiscal responsibility to ...

An investigation is underway after three Harris County jail inmates died just a little more than 24 hours apart.

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.

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, Iowa Capital Dispatch has ...

The Harris County Jail reported three inmate deaths within just over 24 hours, according to the sheriff's office.