A Polk County couple has been charged with felonies after a report of child endangerment on Tuesday, July 15. According to ...

Both great-grandparents said they had taken the children to bathe at a motel and a friend’s home, according to the affidavit.

A recently signed bill in Missouri would put a cap on property tax increases for many homeowners in the state—but not all.

Springfield has been around since the early 1800s, and many significant events have occurred over the last 200 years.

Iowans are traveling to Nebraska for abortions at a higher rate, especially from the Des Moines, Council Bluffs and Sioux ...

Nearly 60 employees will lose their jobs when a Polk County manufacturing facility closes one department in the coming months ...

The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office responded to a total of 396 calls for service during the seven-day period from July 1 through July 7, according to daily incident reports. These ...

Like the actor James Stewart playing Mr. Smith, Mr. Archibald Stuart “went to Washington” as a member of the Twenty-Fifth ...

The county will also gain $700,000 for an electrical upgrade at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow. The budget includes $2 million for the headwaters of the Peace River floodplain protection and ...

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

More than 60% of Polk voters cast ballots in the General Election, which included four races for U.S. House of Representatives. Congressional District 18 covers the majority of the county, with ...