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.

Juliann Van Liew was selected to lead Polk County's public health department following the retirement of the department's ...

Lakeland (11-0) puts its 17-game winning streak on the line when hit plays host to Tampa Bay Tech (9-2) in the Class 5A, ...

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal car crash involving a livestock trailer that killed a woman on ...

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

Polk County Public Schools' disclosure of more than 30 removed books follows a state report that listed six removed titles in ...

Three of the restaurants had double-digit violations during the two-week period in November. Here's what the inspectors found ...

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

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

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

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A new exhibition, The Best of Polk Show, hopes to highlight art from across Polk County. "One of the ...