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 ...

A boil water notice was also issued for customers in the Wild Country Lake Estates and Eagle Nest subdivision due to frozen ...

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

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 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 ...

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

Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) heavily criticized statements made by the Right Rev. Mariann Budde on Tuesday at the inaugural ...

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

Polk County Today is reporting that fire gutted a double-wide mobile home on Tuesday afternoon. The report said it occurred ...

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