Polk County Assessor Randy Ripperger has for more than two years illegally denied the public access to a list of nearly 2,200 Polk County property owners, an administrative law judge has concluded.

Even the perfunctory administrative post of Polk County Property Appraiser could not escape the gravitational pull of vitriol during the 2024 election cycle. What can often be a quiet race came to a ...

The past decade has been a stable period for constitutional officers in Polk County — those elected to serve in countywide or broader positions. Only one change of position has occurred over that ...

Polk County seated a new county commissioner, a new property appraiser and the first woman to serve as public defender for the 10th Circuit during Tuesday's primary elections. Two County Commission ...