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Multiple Blue-Green Algae Blooms Detected In Polk County Lakes; Public Warned To Exercise Caution
POLK COUNTY, Fla. - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) has issued public health advisories following ...
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'Our hearts break': 12-year-old boy drowns during boat day with family on Polk County lake
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — After a multi-agency search, deputies recovered the body of a child who disappeared while swimming during a family boat day on a Polk County lake. It happened Thursday ...
Polk Water Cooperative gets $10 million grant from Florida DEP for production plant
The director of the cooperative said getting the $10 million grant reduces the member cities' costs, which "reduces the amount the taxpayers will have to pay." ...
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Body of missing 12-year-old boy recovered from Polk County lake, deputies say
OUT IN POLK COUNTY. A MISSING CHILD HAS BEEN RECOVERED IN POLK COUNTY. LAKE OUT THERE. INVESTIGATORS SAY A 12 YEAR OLD WAS OUT SWIMMING WITH FAMILY BEFORE HE GOT PULLED UNDER THE WATER.
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Joy Jackson, director of the Florida Department of Health in Polk County, is retiring this week
Dr. Joy Jackson, the director of the Florida Department of Health in Polk County, will retire Thursday, and her interim replacement will be the current administrator of the DOH in Lake County ...
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'Our hearts break': 12-year-old boy drowns during boat day with family on Florida lake
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — After a multi-agency search, deputies recovered the body of a child who disappeared while swimming during a family boat day on a Polk County lake. It happened Thursday ...