The scammers, primarily targeting the elderly, claim that a family member is in legal trouble and they need money. They ...

Polk County supervisors get raises almost every year. Are they due yet another as two new supervisors keep their full-time ...

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...

POLK COUNTY, Minn. — Authorities in northwestern Minnesota are advising residents to stay off the roads Friday afternoon. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said visibility is down to zero in some ...

The Crow Wing County Attorney’s Office recently announced that officer Nick Fladland was justified in the June 30 shooting.

Clay, Polk and Norman counties in Minnesota, along with Cass and Traill counties in North Dakota, are jointly applying for a grant to replace the bridges near Georgetown, Hendrum and Nielsville.

MCLEOD CO, MINN. (KFGO) – A Polk County, Minnesota woman died in a crash near Hutchinson, Minnesota Tuesday morning. The State Patrol says the driver of an SUV, 66-year-old Roxanne Marie Strodahl, of ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Polk County, Minnesota," curated by The Marshall Project.

Christopher Ingraham at the Minnesota Reformer investigates how, over the past five years, hundreds of people in Polk County have been charged with possessing drugs in “drug-free zones ...

Bowende Somde Eudes Ju Sorgho of Grand Forks was headed southbound on Highway 75 when he collided with Deputy Brittney Neil ...

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...