Jason L. Pickles alleges that he did not receive care for a gunshot wound at the South County Jail. The sheriff's office calls the lawsuit "frivolous." ...

None were injured in a barn fire that took place Monday morning, Feb. 17, in rural Winger, Minnesota. At 8:27 a.m., the Polk County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to 41334 240th Ave. SE, where they ...

A Salem man, arrested after a kidnapping incident in Salem, was transported to Polk County Jail on unrelated outstanding ...

The driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash of a Salem man in December turned herself in and was arraigned Monday in Polk County court.

GBI agents, the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office and local law enforcement arrested an 18-year-old West Rome man at his home off Burnett Ferry Road on murder charges related to the 2024 ...

District Attorney Nathan Vasquez claimed last month that instead of a public defender shortage, the crisis of unrepresented ...

A man was moving his ex’s body when he crashed and rolled his car in Oregon, authorities said. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash at about 6:30 a.m. Jan. 27 in ...

Not all volunteers in Polk County Schools will face an increased application fee, as previously announced. Volunteers who require contact with students out of sight of staff will need a Level 2 ...

Legoland Florida Resort in Polk County is laying off 234 employees. The theme park and resort reported the job cuts in a letter to state officials that was posted Tuesday morning to Florida’s Worker ...

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...

HAINES CITY, Fla. – A Dundee man was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) early Sunday morning after crashing his pickup truck into a Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) patrol car. The ...