Polk County seated a new county commissioner, a new property appraiser and the first woman to serve as public defender for ...

who chose not to seek re-election as property appraiser. The race was unusually high profile, featuring two Republicans with ...

The five-year levy would tax property owners in Polk County — which includes West Salem, Dallas, Independence, Monmouth, Falls City and part of Willamina — at 15 cents per $1,000 of assessed ...

The elections of constitutional officers – countywide positions such as clerk of courts and property appraiser – had been conducted as nonpartisan in Polk County until last year, as decreed in ...