Polk County's tourism strategy is paying off, with private businesses investing heavily in new attractions and accommodations ...

The Polk County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved funding for Meals on Wheels to facilitate daily meal deliveries to veterans in Polk County. The new agreement between WesleyLife Community ...

Property Appraiser Neil Combee has warned that the county will lose tax revenue with no commitment from developers "to reduce ...

A long-awaited scientific report commissioned by Polk County says farm pollution threatens the ability to drink clean water and to safely interact with central Iowa streams, Iowa Capital Dispatch has ...

The investigations collectively seized a staggering 64 pounds of fentanyl – enough to claim millions of lives and marking the most significant single seizure in Polk County's history.

COLUMBUS—Polk County Public Libraries is hosting its Summer Learning Program, designed to keep area students engaged over the summer school break. “We all know how important it is to continue learning ...

Ferst Readers of Polk received a $5,000 grant from the Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation last week. The amount will fund quality books for 120 more children ages 0-5 in Polk County.

Up to 20 Polk County veterans will get daily meal deliveries through a new Meals on Wheels and Polk County Veteran Affairs partnership.

Tiekei Dickerson was promptly arrested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on the outstanding warrant and transported to the Polk County Jail. He will be held pending extradition to Lowndes County, ...

LAKELAND, Fla. – Jeffrey Padgett, 39, of Lakeland, who has been in the Polk County Jail since January on drug trafficking charges, is now facing a new set of felony charges related to the illegal ...

POLK COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — On March 3, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received a call from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office reporting that an alligator had attacked a ...