The Iowa DOGE task force is eyeing recommending the state consolidate its 99 counties as a way to curb local spending and ...

FLORIDA — Several Central Florida counties are now under burn bans ... Read more on Florida burn laws and ordinances. Polk County has issued a burn ban throughout the county due to the Keetch ...

With the summer kicking off and temperatures rising, will Iowa's drought monitor map remain steady or will the state get ...

This is part two of our DMDC coverage. Read part one On the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s DMDC trip to Washington, D.C., in early May, I had the chance to meet some of the more than 160 attendees, ...

A Code Red Air Quality Alert is in place for Polk, Henderson and Transylvania counties because of the fires, and a Code Orange Alert continues in neighboring Rutherford County ... burn ban The Fish ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday. Residents will cast ballots in a number of races including city council and commission seats to mayoral ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — A 24-year-old Mulberry man with no driver’s license has been arrested following Tuesday’s SR-60 crash that left two people dead. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s ...

York Public Schools is offering free summer meals to kids and teens as part of its effort to ensure access to healthy food ...

Cooler temperatures and partly cloudy skies are on tap for Saturday night, welcoming in the start of the 2025 hurricane ...

More than 28 abandoned and boarded up schools in one Midwest city contribute to urban blight — and in some cases have served ...

(The map below is updated on Fridays when the CDC releases its latest weekly numbers.) The last measles death in the U.S. before this year was in 2019, when a 37-year-old man died from measles ...