The National Weather Service expected to issue a cold weather advisory for Polk County starting at 4 a.m. Tuesday, ...

Polk County commissioners voted unanimously to put a levy on the May ballot to fund operations at the fairgrounds and make ...

John Velebir of Winter Haven has previously served as first vice chair and treasurer of the Polk County Republican Executive ...

The Polk County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to prohibit future road closures of more than five days without its ...

Here are some of the key events in the infighting rending Polk County government, dating from the disputed choice of county administrator.

(Red Oak) - A southwest Iowa native and stalwart of Iowa politics is near the center of controversy in Polk County.

In addition to overseeing the county and its budget, the board makes key decisions that impact regional economic development, establish tax levies, enact ordinances, appoint individuals who serve on ...

U-Haul tracks one-way U-Haul trucks arriving in a state or city compared with trucks leaving. Here are the 2024 numbers.

Polk County Supervisor Tom Hockensmith threatened to fight other supervisors after Administrator John Norris was asked to ...

According to the study released Friday, the Lakeland-Winter Haven metro area, which encompasses all of Polk County, ranked fourth in the nation for net in-migration, and first in Florida.

The long-range weather forecast features cooler-than-normal temperatures through the end of the month. That doesn't necessarily mean we'll have lots of freeze potential ahead, just that it'll be ...

cold front passes through the region and temperatures will begin to tank overnight with one of the coldest-feeling nights of ...