Polk County News

The Walnut Grove School District won't hold classes for the rest of the week due to widespread influenza.

The Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation Neighborhood Center in Polk County will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov.

One Springfield man died and another was hospitalized after their boat capsized on Pomme de Terre near Humansville in Polk County.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is asking for help in the case of a missing teen.

A man drowned on Pomme de Terre Lake on Wednesday afternoon. He and another man were in a boat that capsized east of Flemington on the southern end of the lake in northern Polk County.

A judge convicted a woman from the Pleasant Hope area for two counts of child endangerment after law officers found children living in her filthy home.

A Bolivar woman suffered serious injuries when her vehicle ran off the road early Saturday morning in Polk County.

More than $20,000 was raised in live and silent auctions Sept. 19 during Citizens Memorial Healthcare's sixth annual Burgundy Ball in Springfield.

A crash involving a sport utility vehicle and a dump truck on a Polk County highway Tuesday resulted in a Dadeville man being taken to a Bolivar hospital with serious injuries, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Motorists driving on Route H in Polk County can expect slow traffic around Halfway and at the Schultz Creek bridge near Pleasant Hope as road upgrading work continues, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

A $1,500 reward offered following vandalism at a Polk County cemetery last week in which graves were disturbed could encourage people with information on the incident come forward, a Polk County investigator said today.

The first Run for the Bus to raise money for the Bolivar Cruiser public bus system will be held Saturday beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Bolivar Square Gazebo, according to a news release from the Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation.

A Pleasant Hope native is in the finals of the show, America's Got Talent. JC Fisher is one of the Texas Tenors.

Pleasant Hope Superintendent Thomas Allen will answer questions about a recent state audit of the school district's finances at a meeting Thursday.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has asked the Missouri Attorney General's office to pursue legal action against two southwest Missouri businesses for violations of the Underground Storage Tank Law and Regulations.

Tuesday at 5 p.m. is the deadline for area residents and business owners who had damage from the severe May storms to register for disaster assistance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Some people think switchgrass could someday be used to produce ethanol, relieving America's need to use precious field corn to fuel its growing alternative energy needs.

One volunteer fire department in Polk County is looking for firefighters, and if they don't find them, the department could be no more.

The fire department in the little town of Halfway, Mo is facing a crisis. It's severely understaffed and underfunded.

The halls of Joel E. Barber are quiet now, but in a few weeks all that will change as a new school year begins.