More than a dozen neglected animals were seized from a mobile home in northeast Wednesday, and one woman was arrested in ...

Michelle Ackelson is accused of animal neglect. The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the animals were taken from a mobile ...

A Des Moines man is in custody after leading officers on a car chase and barricading himself inside a home, Des Moines police ...

A man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with assaulting a Des Moines police officer and a Polk County Jail officer in jail in January.. Court documents show a judge handed ...

A former detainee is suing Polk County after he was sexually abused by a corrections officer. Plaintiff Justin Mowery was incarcerated in the Polk County Jail from January to April 2022, according ...

According to Polk County Jail records, Dacken was booked into the jail at approximately 3:27 a.m. Wednesday morning. She is charged with willful injury - causing bodily injury. Des Moines police ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 50-year-old inmateLinda Spencer, of Des Moines, was in the custody of the Polk County Jail. Jail officials said Spencer died ...

A suspect in two murders made a brief escape from a Polk County Jail bus, but was quickly recaptured. Authorities say 43-year-old Richard Robert Mutchler of Des Moines was being taken by bus to ...