New York-based law firm Levy Konigsberg, acting for four former inmates, filed an initial complaint in November 2024. The firm is awaiting word in July from a Cumberland County Superior Court judge ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections is seeking an inmate who failed to return to a work release facility in Des Moines last week. Officials are looking for 23-year-old ...

“Those top eight teams, all but one, they hit on a quarterback. And a really good one,” Barnes said. “Then you look at the bottom eight teams, they did not hit on quarterbacks.” That’s something that ...

A search warrant was obtained after Thomas Patrick Olofson told authorities of the dead body following a police chase.

The Polk County Board of Supervisors released the Central Iowa Source Water Resource Assessment (CISWRA) at its meeting ...

POLK COUNTY FIRST COMMISSIONED THE REPORT BACK IN 2023. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT IT HASN’T UP ...

Frank Marasco, who has been serving as the interim county administrator for nearly six months, was formally appointed to a ...

Lutheran Services in Iowa has helped hundreds of refugees with funding from Polk County after facing cuts due to a federal freeze on resettlement funds.

Man with 27 Arrests Back in Custody POLK COUNTY, Fla. - David Sheridan Pickard, a 50-year-old Bradley resident with a lengthy ...

A Polk County man was sentenced Tuesday, July 1, to 10 years of supervised probation for engaging in sexual contact with a minor. Ilia Grigory Basargin, 33, pleaded guilty in May to second-degree ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A Chicago police officer was relieved of his powers on Monday following his weekend arrest in Polk County, Fla., in which he allegedly attacked a security guard and used a racial ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness in Polk County has hit a new record high. This January, the homelessness planning organization, Homeward, identified 779 individuals without homes.