DAVENPORT, Fla. – A domestic disturbance call in the Davenport Lakes community on Friday evening resulted in the arrest of a 46-year-old man after he allegedly battered a victim and then resisted ...

Davenport Elementary in Florida, a Classical Revival building, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

After three straight years with a C grade, Polk County Public Schools improved its grade from to a B in the 2024-25 academic year, according to a report released July 7 by the Florida Department ...

Polk County Public Schools improved its overall grade to a B for the 2024-25 academic year, up from a C for the previous three years.

USA Today Network-Florida named 16 top Old Florida restaurants, and one of Polk County's oldest made the list. Governors and a vice president have eaten there.

DES MOINES, Iowa — An interim county administrator is taking the role full-time. The Polk County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to make Frank Marasco the new county administrator.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $600 million from the state budget, impacting some Polk County projects. Haines City's emergency operations center, fire facility, and municipal annex ...

The Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and Polk County District Attorney Jeffrey Kemp announced Wednesday that a former Polk County doctor was charged with child ...

Polk County's median home was 1,816 square feet, listed at $193 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is down 3% from May 2024.

The alligator alley trail at Polk County's Circle B Bar Reserve was partially closed due to the nesting sites. FWC says nesting season is from June to early July.

A wanted Florida man has been arrested after a series of social media posts taunting the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Grady Judd for not being able to catch him.