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Lake Wales News

Local news for Lake Wales, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | The Ledger

August Was A Wet Month

Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. LAKE WALES Thanks to summer rains, the owners of the Aloha Rainbow Marina near Lake Eloise are now ...

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Related Topix: Bartow, FL, Winter Haven, FL, Lakeland Metro, Frostproof, FL

Thu Sep 04, 2008

WTSP-TV Saint Petersburg

Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater

A man with a gun robbed the SunTrust Bank branch at State Road 60 and Buckmoore Road this morning and fled on foot.

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Related Topix: St. Petersburg, FL, Clearwater, FL, Tampa Metro

The Ledger

Man Robs Lake Wales Bank

Published: Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:12 p.m. LAKE WALES Police are looking for the public's help in identifying the man who robbed the SunTrust ...

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Wed Sep 03, 2008

The Ledger

Lake Wales OKs Sunday Liquor Sales

Published: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 9:10 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 9:10 p.m. Another blue law bit the dust Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Polk County, FL, Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL

Tue Sep 02, 2008

The Ledger

If you care about the Lake Wales Ridge...

The Lake Wales Ridge is Florida's Australia, full of unique plants and animals found nowhere else on the planet.

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Related Topix: Avon Park, FL

Sioux City Journal

Black Hills Passion Play closes after nearly 70 years

Sunday's final performance of the Black Hills Passion Play in Spearfish culminated a nearly 70-year run.

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Mon Sep 01, 2008

The Ledger

Donations Sought For Lake Wales Guard Unit in Iraq

Published: Monday, September 1, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, September 1, 2008 at 3:50 p.m. LAKE WALES About 120 members of the Lake Wales-based 356th Quartermaster Unit of the Florida National ...

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military

Sun Aug 31, 2008

The Ledger

Breast Cancer Walk Planned for Oct. 4

Lake Wales Medical Center's Healthy Woman program will have a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk on Oct.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, Lakeland Metro, Winter Haven, FL

Sat Aug 30, 2008

www.dailyridge.com | jetfightermain99

Chief Herbert Gillis invites the community to attend the 2008 Citizens Police Academy

The Lake Wales Police Department will hold the 2008 Citizens Police Academy from September 17 to October 29, 2008.

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Related Topix: Avon Park, FL, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Adam Putnam

www.dailyridge.com | jetfightermain99

Highlanders rout Avon Park 46 - 6

Avon Park, FL - The Lake Wales Highlanders want to be better than last year. To do so they need to play better.

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The Ledger

Lake Wales Crime

Published: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. The Lake Wales Police Department reported these criminal activities from Aug.

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Fri Aug 29, 2008

The Ledger

Lake Wales Moves to Rebuild Housing Complex

Published: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, August 29, 2008 at 10:40 p.m. LAKE WALES The Lake Wales Housing Authority has taken the next step toward reconstruction of a housing ...

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News Chief

Lake Wales theater sets auditions for 'Lover's Leap'

Lake Wales Little Theatre will hold auditions for "Lover's Leap" by Bill Daly on Sept.

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Wed Aug 27, 2008

The Ledger

Fire Destroys Home Near Lake Wales

Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 1:42 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 1:44 p.m. LAKE WALES Fire has destroyed a home located at 8260 Dog Yard Road in Golfview.

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Related Topix: Polk County, FL

The Ledger

Close Race in Lake Wales

The race that went down to the wire Tuesday, and will get the automatic recount, is Dick Mullenax's apparent upset of incumbent Polk County School Board Member Brenda Reddout.

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Related Topix: Polk County, FL

Tue Aug 26, 2008

News Chief

Lake Wales High earns top marks in review

Even high schools get graded. Just ask Principal Clark Berry and the staff members at Lake Wales High School, which just earned the top grade of "highly functional" on all seven standards of the five-year ...

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

Mon Aug 25, 2008

The Ledger

Lake Wales Crime

Published: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 9:14 a.m. The Lake Wales Police Department reported these criminal activities from Aug.

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El Sentinel

Alexander wants to keep sugar farming on U.S. Sugar land

Sen. J.D. Alexander , R-Lake Wales, said Monday he's talked to Gov. Charlie Crist in recent weeks about keeping the majority of U.S. Sugar Corp.'s agricultural lands in the sugar-growing business after the ...

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Related Topix: Charlie Crist

Hartford Courant

Passenger Injured In East Haddam

State police said Kelly Haluch of 314 Nassau Ave., Lake Wales, Fla., was riding on the back of a 2006 Harley Davidson as it traveled south on Route 149 at about 3:30 p.m. when the driver lost control of the ...

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Sat Aug 23, 2008

News Chief

Proposed Lake Wales budget saves $200,000

The Lake Wales budget for the upcoming year reflects the elimination of employee positions, tuition assistance and training, for a savings of more than $200,000. The $39.6 million total budget also reflects a ...

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Lake Wales, Florida is located in Polk County and is part of the Lakeland Metro Area. Zip codes in Lake Wales, FL include 33853, 33898, and 33859.

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