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

The man was originally accused of bringing the narcotic K2 into the jail for an inmate "on multiple occasions." ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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, ...

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

Polk County Emergency Management's Extreme Temperature Plan is now in effect due to dangerously cold conditions. According to ...

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