The winning candidate will represent District 3 in Polk County, including Altoona, Ankeny and an unincorporated portion of ...

Law enforcement officials have released more details about a deadly shooting that happened on the north side of Des Moines ...

The Polk County Life Services Center is planned to open on November 18th. The center will serve two purposes: Polk County’s ...

One of Altringer's top priorities is cutting the property tax levy and focusing on accountability and transparency to help Polk County families keep more of their hard-earned money, she wrote in a Des ...

In a $2.4 million transaction, Nationwide Mutual Insurance has sold a small downtown Des Moines office building to an Omaha, ...

It has been eight years since Urbandale Officer Justin Martin and Des Moines Sgt. Anthony Beminio were ambushed and killed.

Polk County now will contribute $17 million to a planned downtown Des Moines soccer stadium and special events plaza.

A newcomer will be elected to the Urbandale-based seat as longtime incumbent Rep. John Forbes runs for Polk County supervisor ...

More:A new sobering center is opening up in Des Moines. Here's what you need to know With renovations complete, city and ...

Hamza Smajlovic has been charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

Authorities have identified one person who was killed and another injured in a shooting last week as the parents of the suspect's ex-girlfriend.