The budget includes $10 million for Polk State College's planned Haines City-Davenport campus and $6.1 million for its ...

Polk County will distribute more than $1 million in opioid settlement funds to local organizations to aid in prevention and ...

Beyond legal battles, groups have launched attacks on educators and professionals who advocate for DEI to make schools safe ...

The Rowena Fire near The Dalles remains burning at now just under 3,600 acres and 24% containment after igniting Wednesday ...

Despite a relentless offensive attack in the game's final 20 minutes, the Western Albemarle boys soccer team took a 2-1 defeat to Meridian in the VHSL Class 3 state championship game.

George Jenkins senior Chelsi Williams named The Ledger's Girls Track and Field Athlete of the year for fifth year in a row.

Saltman joined five other boys tennis players from Polk to win a state title: George Jenkins' Patrick Gaughan (1998), Haines ...

IOWA CITY - The era of schools directly paying college athletes will soon begin. The House vs. NCAA settlement received its ...

NCHSAA and NCISAA track and field state championships took place on May 16 and 17. Here are WNC top performers from the state championships.

Yoder and Polk County volleyball needed one more point to secure the win against ... from a practice drill that it has run since middle school. “Just fighting for every single ball, not letting ...

The Polk County School Board voted 6-0 to approve a five-year contract for Superintendent Fred Heid, who will receive base ...

The agreement includes a one-time payment to Heid of $40,000. That is not a bonus but compensation for back pay, Polk County Public Schools spokesperson ... changing the job title to general ...