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 down ...

Ex-jail employee Brianna Miller pleaded guilty to harassment against the detainee, whom she supervised in the jail kitchens.

Michael Valento, 41, of Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested in connection to explosive devices found at a golf course ...

Justin Skaggs, 24, of Perry, died Friday morning at a Des Moines hospital. He was an inmate at Polk County Jail and suffered a medical episode, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.

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

The Polk County Attorney's Office has concluded two Des Moines police officers were "legally justified" in the fatal shooting of a 70-year-old man this past November.

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 ...

Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham says her office will not file charges against three Des Moines police officers involved in a deadly shooting last month.

IPR's Meghan McKinney spoke with Polk County Attorney Kimberly Graham on Morning Edition about camping ordinances in Des Moines.