Information for the report comes from law enforcement agencies. Not all calls for service are included. The status of arrests ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday confirmed that a person contracted bird flu in a case linked to an ...

Make fishing part of your Thanksgiving weekend plans with friends and family. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in ...

The Polk County 4-H program honored the following youth participants from the 2023-24 year at their Fall Awards and ...

The Bulldogs proved an earlier victory against the Dragons was no fluke, this time dispatching the home team, 23-13, in the ...

A couple years before the pandemic, Jerry Mullins and his wife Julie were feeling run down, having ignored their health after ...

At approximately 12:23 p.m. Nov. 15, Polk County Fire Dist. 1 responded to a three-alarm fire at the JB Wood Recyclers wood ...

A kernel of an idea that germinated from the mind of an 11-year-old has blossomed into a school-wide project to help feed and ...

A handful of volunteers from the Dallas Rotary Club braved the cold, misty weather Nov. 16 to help beautify the grounds ...

The following athletes from Polk County earned all-conference honors announced last week.

Western Oregon University is the first public university in Oregon to join the Tri-Alpha honor society specifically for first ...

Polk County Commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 13 to send a fairgrounds operating levy to voters next May. The measure will ...