With nearly 500 refugees needing assistance, Polk County will provide aid to plug the gap created by Trump's order canceling ...

John Hopwood Mickey was born in 1845 on a farm near Burlington, Iowa. Mickey attended ... on the National Register of Historic Places and houses the Polk County Museum. As to Osceola’s other ...

The protest began outside the Iowa Statehouse around noon, with participants urging lawmakers to reject Project 2025.

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission voted 4-1 to award Cedar Rapids a license for the 20th state-licensed casino.

The prospects for proposed carbon capture pipelines in Iowa remains unknown; more certain is the will of advocates and Republican lawmakers in the Iowa House to prevent ...

This is my final column for the Des Moines Business Record, which has carried my musings since 2012. Beginning next month, the Elbert Files will have a new home at a sister publication, dsm magazine, ...

Preservation Iowa has added two properties to its list of most-endangered historic buildings. Where are they and can they be ...

It's one of two buildings the nonprofit Preservation Iowa identified on its annual list of the most endangered historic buildings ... on that city's Woodbury County Courthouse, which is considered ...

quote "cannibalization of other gaming properties is inconsistent with Iowa Law". Right now- There are questions about how Polk County supervisors are paid, and how much time they spend on the job.

Polk County Judge John Flynn was publicly reprimanded for statements made during his 2022 election campaign that suggested a bias towards law enforcement. The Florida Supreme Court upheld a ...