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.

LAKELAND, Fla. - A Florida mother made a chilling discovery after a rabid bat was found hidden among her children's toys. The ...

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

A West Fargo woman waived her Tuesday, Dec. 3, omnibus hearing and pleaded not guilty to two felony drug crimes in Polk ...

Des Moines Register Opinion staff awards its weekly rose to Drake University's Elizabeth Talbert for leading research on Des ...

Polk County Sheriff's deputies responded to a crash around 1:45 p.m. at State Road 540 and Cooley Road in Eagle Lake where ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the 33-year-old mother was driving a silver 2013 Hyundai Elantra south on Cooley Road, ...

LAKELAND — There are a lot of new faces on the Polk County high school basketball scene — especially at the top. Of the 18 ...

POLK COUNTY, Mo. (KY3) - A woman from Flemington has been sentenced in connection to a 2022 crash that killed one child.

A 2-year-old girl is fighting for her life following a two-vehicle crash that killed her mother on Monday afternoon.