The Polk County assessor and his chief deputy are getting 10% raises while other county employees received between 3% and 4%. Some local officials are facing public concerns over raises because of ...

Residential assessments have increased an average of 7.45%, according to the Polk County Assessor's Office. A homeowner's individual assessment is based on a variety of factors, including the ...

WE ASKED POLK COUNTY ASSESSOR RANDY RIPPERGER WHAT'S BEHIND THE INCREASE. HE SAYS IT BOILS DOWN TO A STRONG METRO HOUSING MARKET <50 2020 WAS REALLY A RECORD BREAKING YEAR.> THAT'S DESPITE A ...

Polk County Assessor Valerie Patoine said the real market value of all property in the county is $16.9 billion while the assessed value is $7.73 billion. In Marion County, the real market value of ...

Polk County Assessor Douglas Schmidt, 66, is retiring at the end of February, two years before his third term ends. He told his staff in December and submitted his resignation letter to ...

RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT, THE OWNERS OF SOME MILLION DOLLAR HOMES IN POLK COUNTY ARE GETTING A SURPRISE. A STRANGER ASKED THE ASSESSOR’S OFFICE TO RAISE OR LOWER THEIR PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS.

Editor's note: The Telegram was notified at approximately 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 that Polk County Assessor Shelia Cermak submitted a letter of resignation at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept.

In Polk County, races for both a commissioner seat and the county assessor has candidates jockeying to replace appointed candidates. Early returns show Danny Jaffer and Lyle Mordhorst as the ...

Chris Patoine, husband of Polk County Assessor Valerie Patoine, is challenging Milligan in the Nov. 5 general election. In 2016, Polk County commissioners changed the job responsibilities for ...

The Polk County Assessor's Office denied the exemption, and the group appealed to the Board of Review, which after what the suit alleges was a "five-minute" hearing rejected its case. In the lead ...