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The Florida Department of Transportation is providing a new opportunity for wildlife to cross I-4 in hopes of giving species a chance to expand.
Under the agreement, Polk County Public Schools will pay Fortress Secured LLC up to $6.541 million for predevelopment of the ...
In an escalation of a dispute over whether a local agency is complying enough with an Iowa law requiring cooperation with federal immigration authorities, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed ...
The Polk County School Board voted 6-0 to offer the general counsel position to James Greene, who has the same role with ...
A report from the Florida Policy Institute suggested that the number of participating students could decrease by half based on the proposed state funding.
Voters will decide measures including a livability levy in Salem, a $140 million community college bond, and four Salem-Keizer school board seats.
POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference Friday afternoon to confirm one of his deputies shot and killed a man a short time earlier. Before giving details ...
Currently, Iowa county supervisors can be elected three ways: countywide by district; at-large countywide ... Based on the 2020 census, the new law will impact Polk, Linn, Scott, Johnson and ...
The valuation of multifamily properties has increased an average of 7.9% in Polk County and 21% in Dallas County, assessors’ ...
In addition to the Sharpie Shack, Dan Svedarsky has a prairie chicken blind — dubbed the “Taj Ma Chicken” — on a nearby booming ground. Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge a few miles ...
On Thursday, Polk County averaged 428 on the Keetch-Byram Drought Index. That indicates abnormally dry conditions. In late May last year, Polk County Fire Rescue ordered a burn ban when the ...
Lark was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, but a spokesperson for Polk County Schools said the district is starting the process of terminating her employment.