Polk County is close to acquiring another property along the Lake Wales Ridge for conservation. The Polk County Commission voted unanimously last week to approve buying the 649-acre Friedlander ...

The Lake Wales Police & Polk County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the search for a suspect vehicle from Lakeland. The vehicle ...

Environmental lands Polk County Commission agrees to buy 649-acre tract on Lake Wales Ridge for conservation At the Nov. 5 meeting, Gillespie asked about the potential cost of administering the ...

from the remote Coral Reefs in Dry Tortugas National Park to the scrub habitat of the Lake Wales Ridge.