The National Weather Service is calling for a Halloween chill to fall over Polk County, but there isn’t any scares involved. Just a change in the forecast. Temperatures over the past several days have been seasonably warm for fall, but now the thermometer is going to drop fast in the coming days. A arctic front…
Polk County is on the third day of early voting for the 2026 Special Election underway to fill the unexpired term of the 14th District Congressional seat, but so far the ballot totals are trending on the low side. Despite having more than a dozen Republican candidates, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an Independent in…










