The Food Bank of Iowa is stocking up on food, while the Resurrection Lutheran Church is holding free meals more frequently.

Despite continued contamination and nitrate spikes in Iowa's rivers and streams this year, University of Iowa researcher ...

Polk County has pledged $200K to Iowa's water quality monitoring system after state budget cuts, but long-term funding ...

Polk County announced it has committed $200,000 to continue water quality monitoring across Iowa. According to a news release ...

After a historic summer of lawn-watering bans and high nitrate levels, central Iowa officials are taking steps to continue ...

Polk County will invest $200,000 to help keep the network operational. It offers key information for a state struggling with ...

DES MOINES, Iowa– The new Polk County election office is providing more space and enhanced safety measures, according to the county auditor. Polk County unveiled its new election office in September.

An Iowa state health official will be the new head of the Polk County Health Department. The county supervisors have approved the hiring of Juliann Van Liew, currently the wellness and preventive ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted to support a network of water quality sensors in rivers and streams across Iowa.

A plan for $600,000 in necessary funding to maintain a University of Iowa water monitoring system vital for tracking nitrate, ...

Over the summer, water quality concerns were brought to the attention of many as nitrate levels reached high levels. Last ...

Ideas for efficiency in Iowa that should have been on the table for decades didn't make it into the report, writes the ...