A Des Moines police confrontation with man they say stole a car on the south side ends with him ramming police vehicle, being ...

Polk County Conservation said the hill was the first part of a project to renovate the whole park and make it more all-season.

A man armed with garden shears was fatally shot by deputies in Polk County, Florida, minutes after surviving an apparent ...

A bill, passed with literally 14 minutes to spare before the Iowa legislators wrapped up the 2025 session, includes an ...

Measles has been confirmed in Iowa for the first time since 2019, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced ...

This weekend, people can fly down the slope at Sleepy Hollow Sports Park in Des Moines as it opens for its tubing season. Polk County Conservation officials have spent months getting ready for opening ...

A community land trust, whose goal is to provide long-term affordable housing in communities, is expected to fully launch in ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the outdoor severe weather warning sirens are not working in Runnells. Officials say ...

Thongxay Nilakout, a citizen of Laos, shot and killed a German tourist in Southern California in 1994 when he was 17. He was convicted of shooting and killing Gisela Pfleger and wounding her husband ...

Aisha Ahmad Nyala will have to spend a year in a residential correctional facility and will be on supervised probation for up to five years.

Polk County, Iowa, has launched an aging-in-place program, funded by HUD, with advocates expecting positive community impact.