Around April 1, about 190,000 assessment notices will be mailed to Polk County property owners informing them of the new values of their commercial and residential properties, county officials said.

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water.

Lutheran Services in Iowa has continued to support hundreds of refugees with the help of funding from Polk County after losing nearly $6 million in federal resettlement funds due to a freeze by ...

The Senate proposal, which could greatly affect outdoor recreation in the West, is facing strong pushback from ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested after deputies were tipped off about several horses and goats living in poor conditions on his Lake Wales property. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said ...

What's for sale in Nevada? About 33.5 million acres of federal land if the Senate moves forward with a plan to amend the "one ...

Dwayne Ocasio, 32, bonded out of jail on Saturday after an alleged altercation with a security guard at the Westgate River Ranch Resort in River Ranch, Fla.

A federal judge in Iowa dismissed a lawsuit on Thursday that threatened millions of acres of wetlands, ecosystems that mitigate flooding, reduce water pollution and support biodiversity. While the ...

FROSTPROOF, Fla. — Polk County deputies shot and killed a man who split a deputy's head open with a wooden plank in Frostproof Friday night, Sheriff Grady Judd said on Facebook Saturday. Judd ...

An interactive map from the Wilderness Society highlights the tracts of US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands that could go up for sale if the Senate's version of the budget bill ...