This has been the coldest start to January in a decade for Polk County, the NWS says. Here's what to expect as a historic ...

Four people with Polk County ties had been convicted or pled guilty. Two had served their time. Four were awaiting trial.

Polk County is ready to utilize the River Place as an overnight extreme temperature shelter if Central Iowa Shelter Services ...

Crews are renovating the building at 1900 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines to make way for Global Neighbors, a resource hub for ...

If all goes as scheduled, Polk County Public Schools will interview finalists for the general counsel position by mid-April.

The Polk Sheriff's Office will continue to hold undocumented suspects for collection by ICE agents, Sheriff Grady Judd said.

The four lowest-ranked traditional schools had huge drops in their grad rates following the COVID-affected year of 2020-21.

A 40-year-old Lake Hamilton man wanted in Orange County for “a half dozen arrest warrants,” including attempted murder, was ...

Polk County Administrator John Norris is currently on paid administrative leave. KCCI Investigates looks at his most recent ...

A ceremony Saturday, January 25, at the Potts Hollow Trailhead, Cave Spring Road, at 10 a.m. will honor the late Jeffery ...

The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art, formerly the Polk Museum of Art, recently opened its doors on a 14,000-square-foot ...

The high school graduation rate for Polk County Public Schools improved by nearly four percentage points last year, the state ...