Polk County's burn ban has been lifted due to recent heavy rains lowering the fire risk. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is down to 201 as of May 14. Residents are still urged to exercise ...

Polk County Commission delayed a vote on restricting roosters to lots larger than half an acre. The commission wants to reduce setback for chicken coops from 50 feet to 10 feet by June.

The next step is to sign up for Polk County public safety ... be a last resort since space is limited, county officials said. County officials said a map of public shelters that would open in ...

One person is dead and two others are in the hospital with serious injuries from a Tuesday morning crash in Polk County, Wisconsin. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, at 10:40 a.m ...

Polk County issued a burn ban due to dry conditions and high wildfire risk. The ban prohibits various activities, including campfires, bonfires, and burning yard waste. Violators of the burn ban ...

Law enforcement officers on the scene at County Road 9 west of Crookston, where a 100-mile cross-border chase ended with an officer-involved shooting Monday morning. POLK COUNTY, Minn.

Polk County plans to install "No Thru Trucks" signs ... Then he met an expert in algorithms and Google Maps who pointed out that data shows the trucks were using Deen Still Road as an alternate ...

The reform bill would dramatically shrink the areas defined as school or park zones in Minnesota. The map below, for instance, illustrates how drug-free zones would change in East Grand Forks, the ...

With three fires in Polk and Henderson counties burning on public and private land, the N.C. Forest Service and county emergency management departments have released a map indicating the size and ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — It should have been a day of fun and memories for a Polk County father and three children. Instead, the day ended in tragedy. A 12-year-old drowned in Lake Roy in Winter Haven.