The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a driver was attempting to pass a line of cars and hit two motorcyclists head on.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Fire Rescue crews responded to more than 30 brush fires throughout Polk County on Sunday. The largest fire burned more than 400 acres near State Road 60 in the River ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Edith Thomas has been working in Polk County Public Schools for 31 years. She started out as the school nurse at R. Bruce Wagner Elementary and then decided to become a paraeducator.

Prosecutors closed a domestic violence case against her husband after she fled their Coral Springs home and died in August.

An Algona resident was given a five-year suspended prison sentence on Wednesday in Cerro Gordo District Court on one count of ...

People across Polk County have been mourning the loss of a local U.S. service member killed overseas, including Sheriff Grady ...

Muscatine County Jail collects nearly $1 million annually to hold federal inmates, including ICE detainees, according to contract agreements provided to The Daily Iowan.  Muscatine County Jail ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies and a PCSO animal-control officer responded to the area next to Lake Hatchineha ...

This story was updated on March 4 to include Muscatine County Jail’s contract with the federal government, which was not provided to The Daily Iowan at the time of initial publication. Released from ...

Two juveniles have been arrested after authorities say they led a pursuit in a stolen vehicle through central Iowa.A vehicle was reported stolen out of Black Hawk County. Polk County Sheriff's Office ...

Amid a severe drought and burn ban, Polk County will see temperatures swing from the upper 80s to the low 30s in days.

Detainees at the St. Louis County jail return to their cells on Sept. 8, 2022, after a unit meeting to recognize good behavior among them. CLAYTON — The acting director of the St. Louis County jail is ...