Newly elected Supervisors Mark Holm and Jill Altringer will work their full-time jobs as well as their $150,000 full-time ...

Two new supervisors took office this year. This is a historic change to a board that doesn't see much turnover.

On Friday calls were made to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office about a dispute at the Polk County Administration building.

The dispute allegedly broke out after the Polk County Board of Supervisors decided to terminate Polk County Administration ...

Here are some of the key events in the infighting rending Polk County government, dating from the disputed choice of county ...

Two newly elected Polk County supervisors say they plan to continue working their existing day jobs alongside their new ...

THIS TENSE FIGHT BROKE OUT AFTER SOME POLK COUNTY SUPERVISORS TRIED TO FIRE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, JOHN NORRIS, IN A SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY. THE BOARD PICKED NORRIS’S TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT.

Polk County Administrator John Norris has been placed on administrative leave and says he was asked to resign Friday after a ...

Polk County Administrator John Norris may be entitled to six months compensation if he is ultimately fired after being placed ...

Norris' leave comes as the Board of Supervisors recently named new leadership and welcomed new members to their ranks.

The board has the ability to hire and fire department heads ... That allegedly led to Supervisor Tom Hockensmith threatening to fight Holm and chair Matt McCoy. Polk County supervisors’ salaries and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — On Friday calls were made to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office about a ... causing a disturbance and had made threats towards other board members. The officer first saw Supervisor ...