The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

Polk County supervisors get raises almost every year. Are they due yet another as two new supervisors keep their full-time ...

And of the five positions in Polk County, three are contested including commissioner, treasurer and sheriff. These races – with the exception of Marion County Commissioner – are considered non ...

Polk County is renovating a Des Moines building to create a welcome center and resource hub for immigrants and refugees, ...

Think about it: Polk County government — with its handsome ... Other elected officials, including the treasurer and the sheriff, with especially large staffs and budgets to manage, have jobs ...

Velebir faced no opposition last month as local Republicans chose him as chair of the Polk County Republican ... held the roles of first vice chair and treasurer with the Republican Executive ...

He has also served as president and treasurer of the Lake Ashton Republican Club. Velebir is retired, having worked in marketing and product management for several large companies, he said.