In March 2025, the board voted 5-0 to approve the resolution to reclassify the tax forfeited property as non-conservation and sell it in a public auction. Wilma Township opposed the sale, which ...

The Heartland Trail could come through there,” Commissioner Phil Hansen said, and an improved Osage park and beach site could ...

Municipalities across the county are holding elections on Tuesday.

Republican candidates, three of them incumbents, easily won Tuesday’s five elections for seats in the Florida Legislature in districts that contain parts of Polk County. The results continue a ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

Overall Polk County students improved in two-thirds of the categories, but fell in others. See how your school did.

Polk County's median home was 1,816 square feet, listed at $193 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is down 3% from May 2024.

The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its Lakeland Academic Center.

Click here for more details. Authorities have issued an emergency alert in Sibley County, where some of the belongings of shooting suspect Vance Boelter have been found.

This week continues our tales of the 30 “Ghost Towns” in Huntington County, with a journey through Polk and Dallas townships. Every Ghost Town once had a post office. There are an additional 27 “named ...

Evidence showed that Shimpa was northbound on the graveled County Road 38. The crash remains under investigation. The Polk County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Minnesota State Patrol ...

GRAND FORKS — A man died in a motorcycle crash over the weekend in rural Polk County, Minnesota. According to a release from the Polk County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred shortly after ...