A former longtime Iowa lawmaker has died.Janet Metcalf represented Polk County in the Iowa House from 1985 to 2003. She was a ...

Many scams have been reported throughout Iowa since the start of the year ... Doug Miller" with the Polk County Sheriff's Department with the Warrants and Citations Division.

A Polk County judge on Friday sentenced a Eugene man who pled no contest for charges of sex abuse of four camp counselors in Polk County to 12 days in jail and 18 months of probation. Kyle Purdy ...

a crucial part of a new water production facility in Southeast Polk County. The facility, expected to be operational by 2028, will initially produce 7.5 million gallons of water daily and includes ...

On Saturday, the Southeast Polk boys wrestling team scored the most points in the history of the Iowa high school state wrestling tournament. Polk finished with 259.5 points, shattering the old ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton appointed Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd and Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri to the newly formed State Immigration Enforcement Council. The council ...

Polk County Commissioners will vote on adding 75 new Fire Rescue positions to address staffing shortages and mandatory overtime. The move comes after concerns that nearly half of newly hired first ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a hit-and-run that left a 63-year-old man dead. It happened early Monday along Spirit Lake Rd. near Winter Haven. Investigators say they don't have a ...

According to computer-aided dispatch records, at about 4:01 a.m. on February 17, emergency personnel responded to a residence on Highway 126 about three miles west of Eugene. The Lane County Sheriff’s ...