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

The number of police killings has risen sharply — Des Moines police killed five people between 2015 and 2022, according to ...

Immigration attorneys in Iowa say they’re seeing a rise in clients as President Trump’s crackdown on immigration causes uncertainty in Iowa communities.

President Trump's legal team has amended suit over the Iowa Poll, adding claims by U.S. Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks and ...

Among all the complaints about Polk County's governing board, some members having two jobs is a bit of a yawner, writes the Register editorial board.

Our journey through Iowa’s 99 counties began in January with a visit to Kossuth County in the north, which is not the only location named after Lajos Kossuth, Hungary’s freedom fighter during the ...

Polk County Public Health report 14 schools have reported absence rates greater than 10% at least one day this month.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Amid concerns of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the U.S., the Polk County Sheriff’s office says ICE arrested one person at the Polk County Courthouse ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Polk County Health Department is seeing what they’re calling a significant increase in schools reporting absences due to illnesses. Fourteen schools in Polk County have reported ...

THE IOWA MIGRANT MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IS FIELDING ... CLAIMING MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BY ICE AT THE POLK COUNTY COURTHOUSE THAT MORNING. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONFIRMS ONLY ONE ARREST ...

More: 'Smuggling' a noncitizen would be a crime under Iowa bill targeting illegal immigration “Arrests are made at the Polk County Courthouse frequently for a variety of reasons,” the statement said. ...