Schools across the United States are closing temporarily due to surges of flu and other seasonal illnesses among students and ...

One fact has been abundantly clear at recent meetings of the Hutchinson School Board: Constituents have numerous concerns about the ongoing response to COVID-19. During the public comment section ...

The Hutchinson School Board briefly discussed its COVID-19 strategy at its Oct. 11 meeting, but no changes to the plan were made at that time. While board members acknowledged ongoing high case ...

The school district said the closures allowed for a deep cleaning after it reported on Thursday that 761 students and 63 ...

The nation’s cybersecurity agency has played a critical role in helping states shore up the defenses of their voting systems, ...

Polk County deputies handed out thousands of citations to drivers who were reportedly caught speeding past stopped school buses.

State health officials are seeing a significant jump in the number of schools reporting high absence rates due to illness.

Polk County health officials say they've seen a "significant increase" in schools with at least 10% of their student body ...

Read full article: Man who killed girlfriend, dumped body in woods in Polk County gets 50 year prison sentence Get ... A man ...

Polk County’s level of immunization for kindergartners dropped from 96.3% in 2021 to 93.2% in 2023, still above the statewide ...