The Oregon agency that oversees educator licensing and teacher preparation programs is getting a new leader, its third in the ...

Daniel Brewer, 58, of rural Polk County got 14 years in federal prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to ...

A wrong-way driver led deputies from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on a chase in the Des Moines metro early Tuesday ...

Damage estimates from last week's blizzard continue to climb and are now at $53 million in public infrastructure, according ...

Sandy Ridge Ruritan President Andy Ferguson wishes to thank everyone who came and participated in the Ruritan Bingo ...

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Evacuation orders continue to be implemented across counties in Western North Carolina due to the ongoing Polk County fires. Mike Morgan, the Chief Communications ...

Oregon’s K-12 public schools will receive a record $76.8 million from the Common School Fund in 2025, according to state officials. “Across the country, school districts are facing budget shortages ...

A traffic stop turned violent for detectives from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. At around 6:02 pm, the detectives performed a routine traffic stop on a white Ford ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says 11 ‘ne’er-do-wells and crankers’ have been arrested during an investigation at a vacant active-duty Air Force member’s home.

The North Carolina Forest Service has issued a statewide burn ban while three substantial, uncontained wildfires prompt mandatory evacuations in Polk County — the flames engulfing three homes.

Polk County is considering a program to pay employees for money-saving ideas. The program would award employees 10% of the first year of the idea's savings, up to $5,000. Some supervisors have ...