New body camera and surveillance footage shows the moments leading up to police killing Charles Leonard III in downtown Des ...

Polk County says someone is pretending to be a bond agent and giving fake bail amounts to release family or friends from jail ...

Newly elected representatives Jill Altringer and Mark Holm were sworn in to the Polk County Board of Supervisors on Thursday morning.

Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham said the officers "believed their actions were necessary to save the lives of officers and others in the surrounding area." ...

"It was reasonable for (officers) to conclude that their lives, the lives of other offices on scene, and the lives of everyone in the building and area were in imminent danger at the time the deadly ...

A spokesperson for MercyOne Des Moines says it was the first hospital in central Iowa to welcome a 2025 baby, with the birth at 12:28 a.m. on New Year's Day. UnityPoint shared a photo of its first ...

Iowa Cancer Registry to deliver reports for all 99 counties as advocates seek legislative support in fight against disease ...

But Lajos Kossuth was always the greatest mystery − his was the largest mausoleum in Hungary − which correlated marvelously ...

The Office of the Attorney General of Iowa and the Polk County Attorney's Office determined the use of deadly force by ...

A Des Moines woman has been arrested on felony drug charges after a traffic stop in Sheldon. According to a criminal ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police are currently responding to a shooting on Meadow Court Thursday evening. Police say an officer was involved in the shooting, but did not specify in what capacity.

Some areas of the state have seen more than 4 inches of snowfall after a fast-moving storm hit the area producing snow ...