Nearly a year after Hurricane Milton caused devastating flooding around Lake Bonny, the city of Lakeland released a report on ...

Beginning Oct. 1, real estate agents, rental management companies and private landlords in Florida will be legally required to disclose a property’s flood history and risk. The measure, Senate Bill ...

It has likely been decades since Polk County revised high school attendance boundaries districtwide. Here's how the process ...

Four Polk County cultural entities will receive full state arts funding after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed all such funding last year.

Polk County Public Schools improved its overall grade to a B for the 2024-25 academic year, up from a C for the previous three years.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Polk County has a new medical examiner. The Board of Supervisors approved hiring Dr. Samuel Stanton as the new county M.E. on Tuesday. The position will be part-time.

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 ...

A Polk County SWAT team shot and injured a man who fired his gun at his wife and a sheriff’s deputy Monday.