The Polk supervisors' pay already is the highest for a county governing board in Iowa and well in excess of that for members of elected boards in similar-sized Midwestern counties the compensation ...

For the second time in 2025, the Polk County Board of Supervisors has approved a severance agreement with a county medical ...

Seven years after it opened, Polk County is pitching in to makeover a downtown Des Moines hotel that neighbors the city's ...

Despite disagreement, the Polk County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved reviving a county program intended to scrutinize vacant positions — and whether to fill them — as a way to save ...

A long-running TV show that follows law enforcement officers on the job could be coming back to central Iowa. "COPS," a reality show in its 36th season with more than 1,200 episodes to its name, wants ...

The Polk County School Board voted 6-0 to offer the general counsel position to James Greene, current general counsel for Pasco County Schools. Greene was selected over two other finalists ...

Polk County supervisors voted 4-1 to reinstate a vacancy review program to analyze vacant positions for potential cost savings. In a split vote, the board also approved to restructure a budget ...