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Fire destroyed a barn in Monroe County late Thursday night. The blaze happened in a wooded area in the 500 block of Lower Middle Creek Road in Polk Township. Emergency communication dispatchers ...
Polk County Fire Rescue will open its 45th station, Moore Road Fire Station 25, in Lakeland on May 23. The $5.97 million station will house an engine company and a tanker truck, serving the area ...
Munger Shaw Fire in St Louis County were all at zero percent containment on Monday evening. A red flag warning is in effect for nearly all of Minnesota on Tuesday, according to the National ...
Marsh Creek Township is a township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 128 at the 2000 census. This township was named for Marsh Creek. According to the United States ...
STILL FACING UNCERTAINTY. BACK HERE AT HOME NEW AT NOON, THE POLK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED A SEVERANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE MEDICAL EXAMINER AT THIS MORNING’S MEETING. DOCTOR RORY DOLE ...
BARTOW, Fla. — Polk County and the city of Bartow are teaming up to address the growing demand for emergency services caused by rapid population growth. Officials have announced plans to ...
A man is dead after a fire Tuesday in Monroe County. Flames broke out along Long Mountain Road in Polk Township near Effort at 11:30 a.m. According to the Monroe County Coroner's Office ...
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 ...
The fires were burning in an area ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September. Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned ...
New Tonight- The Polk County Sheriff's Office is giving the public a whole new look at the county's justice system. Today the Sheriff announced the new Data Analytics Dashboard. It provides the ...
Polk County ranks 57th out of 67 Florida counties in the 2025 Child Well-Being Index. The county showed improvement in seven categories, including children in poverty and teen drug use.
Polk County Commissioner Bill Braswell is facing criticism for his comments about alleged inefficiencies in the county's Human Resources department, led by Kandis Baker-Buford. Baker-Buford ...