Polk County News

New features will bring nature even closer for visitors to Thomas Mitchell Park this spring and summer.

Republican Party of Iowa co-chairman Danny Carroll of Grinnell said Wednesday he wants to step in as the party's top leader later this month when the state central committee chooses a successor for outgoing GOP chairman A.J. Spiker.

Ryan Trowbridge was convicted on the charges in the death of a four month old girl who was in his care at a home in Ankeny while the baby's mother was at work.

An Iowa trucker who slipped and fell in his employer's parking lot should receive permanent total disability workers compensation benefits, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled.

Ankeny Mayor Gary Lorenz was on hand last week at the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority Commission's annual budget meeting to read a letter of concern about the overall value of bus service in Ankeny.

"Twenty-one central Iowa cities and public water suppliers will study whether they can provide better service and accommodate future demand for water by combining their water treatment operations," the DesMoines Register reported .

Police want you to know about a scam they say is on the rise! Scammers are claiming to be with the Des Moines Police or Mid- American energy and are asking for immediate payments.

The Polk County Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday on whether to increase the property tax rate by 22 cents to pay for $81 million in capital improvements.

Baldwin hasreminded Iowa lawmakers that the state needs better options for a few dozen severely mentally ill people who leave the corrections system each year.

Among Democrats at the Polk County party convention Saturday, there was laser focus on voters.

Later this year, the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa is giving attorney Dan Johnston an award for his lifetime achievements in defending the freedoms of others.

Democrat Tony Bisignano seriously considered last fall whether he should give up his bid for a comeback to the Iowa Senate when he was arrested for drunken driving for the third time in his life.

Iowa Republicans and Democrats kicked off campaign season on Saturday by holding their county conventions around the state.

A Des Moines man was arrested Friday for allegedly displaying a handgun during a road rage incident, according to a police report.

A scam in which a telephone caller identifies himself as being with the Polk County Sheriffs Office has been reported to the Des Moines Police Department.

Yesterday at this time, phones were ringing all over the western suburbs. A boy was missing after school and police needed help fast! Eric Hanson shows us how that Code Red alert helped find the boy in just a few minutes-- new at five.

Over the past two weeks, West Des Moines police have seen a spike in crimes in parking lots of fitness centers, prompting authorities to remind patrons to avoid leaving anything of value in plain site.

A legal tug-of-war wages on between West Des Moines and advocates for a dog declared vicious in the fall and sentenced to death.

Newly-elected Des Moines City Council member Joe Gatto said he is ready to get to work for residents in Ward 4. Gatto, 46, of 15 E. Creston Ave., won a special election to the City Council on Tuesday with nearly 57 percent support.

He serves as chairman of the House Commerce Committee and sits on the Agriculture, Government Oversight and Ways and Means committees.