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

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.

In its first two weeks, President Donald Trump’s administration has made significant changes to the U.S. Agency for ...

Lakeland, has been appointed as chair of the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Environment Subcommittee.

Hutchinson city staff hope to avoid a situation that made headlines this past month at an Iowa cemetery. While the epitaph inscribed upon a headstone at Warren-Powers Cemetery in Polk County, ...

Following the recent closure of the state’s only municipal garbage incinerator, Marion County will not send an additional 100 ...

Hyper-criminalized migrant sex workers show us how everyday people evade, defy and resist state control and punishment.

Songs, chants and prayers rose up from in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in southwest Cedar ...

Greenberg was the Seminole County Tax Collector, so it immediately raised a red flag for prosecutors who were investigating ...

See the awe-inspiring landmarks of South Dakota, including Mount Rushmore and the dramatic Black Hills. You will be stunned!

Waste haulers in the county would bring garbage and recycling to the proposed facility for sorting and ship it out, likely to ...