Polk County Recorder Julie Haggerty is retiring after nearly two decades in office. Haggerty, who was sworn into office in ...

Well-wishers lined the long route as Maj. Cody Khork was taken from Lakeland's airport to a funeral home in Winter Haven.

The State of Iowa is suing for a pharmaceutical firm that is managed in part by a state legislator, alleging the company has spent $22 million owed to the state for an HIV treatment program.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says they are investigating a stabbing that injured one person at a gas station in Grimes.

Agriculture is the topic of these letters published March 9-15, 2026: ethanol and protein supply, crop protection needs, and conservation.

A reader invokes former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura as letters published March 16-22, 2026, tackle budgets and national unity.

NEW TONIGHT, THE DES MOINES REGISTER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HIDDEN DOCUMENTS FROM GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS AHEAD OF A TRIAL. A ...

Change does not happen overnight, but the president has set us up for durable progress, writes Polk County Republican Party ...

Iowa State Rep. Megan Srinivas has been appointed as the chief medical officer at Primary Health Care, where she will provide clinical leadership to its medical programs.

Officials say the missing child was found unresponsive in a business parking lot near SE 11th Street and SE Grimes Boulevard.

GRANGER, Iowa– Polk County Conservation hosted a workshop where attendees learned how to make a rain barrel and the ...