In December 2024, WHO 13 News reported that 15 parents were charged in Polk County for their student missing 20% of classes ...

With nearly 500 refugees in need of assistance, Polk County will provide aid to plug the gap created by Trump's order canceling resettlement the program.

Timothy Coon was Polk County's first Black judge, a retired Air Force Reserve officer, an avid golfer, a married man of 48 ...

The Polk Education Association president is urging the Polk County School Board to consider a property tax referendum to ...

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...

Nine Polk County football players will play college football next season after signing with a college on Wednesday.

The school district said the closures allowed for a deep cleaning after it reported on Thursday that 761 students and 63 ...

The Polk County School District said hundreds of students were sick with flu or Norovirus.

The D.C. plane crash this week highlighted the desperate need for more air traffic controllers across the country. In Polk County, a new control tower operator academy is working towards fixing that ...

Polk County has issued 6,886 citations to drivers in the first half of the school year, who were caught on camera failing to stop, when a school bus stop arm is out.

Polk County Schools Superintendent Frederick Heid said that he does not expect Crystal Lake Elementary to need another year to achieve a C grade.