The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and area fire departments are investigating the cause of the fire that damaged houseboats at the marina Wednesday.

Several puppies were rescued from a burning camper on the east side of Des Moines Thursday morning. The fire started around 8:30 a.m. at 4350 NE Sheridan Avenue, east of ...

Crews are renovating the building at 1900 Carpenter Ave. in Des Moines to make way for Global Neighbors, a resource hub for ...

A woman was rescued by a passer-by after being entrapped her home which caught fire early this morning in Polk Township. Polk Township Fire Chief Billy Tippett said firefighters were dispatched at ...

One man is dead, and another man has been arrested after police say an argument turned deadly in Winter Haven. Police say the suspected shooter called 911 and said he "had to shoot my friend." WINTER ...

A person has died after colliding with a semi-truck in Lancaster County, troopers say. The crash happened on Jan. 11 at 6:34 ...

Entergy Corporation is working to restore power to thousands of Columbia County and South Arkansas residents affected by the ...

Thousands of firefighters battled the Palisades Fire burning in Los Angeles County Thursday, as intense Santa Ana winds continued to gust up to 60 mph. The blaze that erupted two days earlier in ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Polk County Fire Rescue responded to the scene at the intersection of US 17 and Bill Bryan Road around 6:28 PM. Upon arrival, they found the bicyclist deceased.

Kim Polk. They were in attendance at a Saturday night French Quarter vigil honoring the victims who died in the early-morning truck attack. The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Texas, drove a white ...

Each year, U-Haul tracks the net gain of one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city ... which encompasses all of Polk County, ranked fourth in the nation for net in-migration, and first ...

BALTIMORE -- Four adults and four children were hospitalized Thursday morning after a house fire in Dundalk, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. Crews responded to the 3400 block of ...