Detention officer Mario Rocha pleaded guilty to passing an envelope containing synthetic drug K2 to a Polk County detainee.

Polk County's two largest law enforcement agencies made 1.5 times more arrests for DUI this Thanksgiving week than last year.

Early signing for football came two weeks earlier this season, and seven Polk County athletes from two schools, Lakeland and ...

A former Salem Police sergeant was acquitted Monday by a judge in Polk County for a drunk driving charge stemming from an ...

A Lakeland resident found the dead bat in a bag among her children's toys, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported.

A new exhibition, The Best of Polk Show, hopes to highlight art from across Polk County. "One of the things that I really ...

POLK COUNTY, Iowa — The Polk County Sheriff's Office confirms with Local 5 several storage units were damaged in an overnight ...

Juliann Van Liew, currently a director with the Iowa Department of Human Services, has been named Polk County Health ...

One person is in the hospital after fire destroyed a mobile home early Wednesday, according to Polk County Fire Rescue.

LAKELAND, Fla. — A dead bat found last week in Lakeland tested positive for rabies — making for five confirmed cases of the ...

Polk County's Walk to End Alzheimer's will take place Saturday with registration starting at 8 a.m. and the opening ceremony ...

A dead bat was found under truly odd circumstances in a Florida home, and tests revealed it was also rabid, according to ...