A teenanger was taken into custody in Newton while the police continue to investigate threats in the Southeast Polk Community ...

A reported threat to Southeast Polk Middle and Junior High School was deemed not credible Thursday. A reported threat circulated on social media Thursday morning. But in a letter to parents, district ...

Venecia Arias-Gowdy and Alexia Gardner of North Lakeland Elementary are finalists for Polk County teacher and employee of the ...

"A single poor decision can result in lifelong consequences," said Superintendent Frederick Heid in a statement.

Polk County ... County Teacher and School-Related Employee of the Year, this time for District 1. Ronald Shell Jr., a math interventionist at Oscar J. Pope Elementary in Southeast Lakeland ...

An ESE inclusion teacher uses her own experience with dyslexia to help students, and a paraeducator has worked at the same ...

Gardner, a paraeducator, is the finalist for School ... the district said. "Outside of work, she is an active volunteer with multiple community organizations." Gardner, a 2022 graduate of Polk ...

Cedar Rapids Washington hosts Davenport West in the first Thursday-night Kingston game of the season The following are area football capsules for Week 3 of the Iowa high school football season: ...

BARTOW — Last week, Polk County Public Schools sent more than 40 employees from its district office to Haines ... involved but for our entire school community.” Students have made threats ...