Nine Polk County football players will play college football next season after signing with a college on Wednesday.

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

The school district said the closures allowed for a deep cleaning after it reported on Thursday that 761 students and 63 ...

The Polk County School District said hundreds of students were sick with flu or Norovirus.

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...

Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said that he does not expect Crystal Lake Elementary to need another year to achieve a C grade.

Big Brothers Big Sisters mentorship program is having a big impact on students in Polk County schools, but it is in urgent ...

Polk County is renovating a Des Moines building to create a welcome center and resource hub for immigrants and refugees, ...

Outlook: Polk teams are even bigger long shots in this district to make the playoffs. George Jenkins is ranked No. 14 in the ...

Polk County has issued 6,886 citations to drivers in the first half of the school year, who were caught on camera failing to stop, when a school bus stop arm is out.

Flu season is in full swing, and the rising number of illnesses has closed some schools temporarily, and forced others into ...