POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to extend a countywide noise ordinance to include boats and designate a vessel exclusion zone and swim area in portions ...

Sheriff Grady Judd said deputies are stepping up patrols and making arrests, and a new swim zone ordinance will soon prevent boats from pulling up to "The Point" The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — New markers are in place to address issues with noise and violence on Lake Winterset in Winter Haven. Larry Gohn is in charge of installing the markers, an effort to keep ...

Punches thrown in a fight that knocked at least one man unconscious along Lake Winterset over the weekend prompted Polk Sheriff’s Grady Judd to announce zero tolerance for any more raucous behavior on ...

Leaders in Polk County are talking on Tuesday about an ordinance that would establish "no-go zones" for boats on parts of Lake Winterset, Lake Clinch, and Lake Ariana. It comes weeks after a large ...

A wild brawl broke out among a group of swimsuit-clad boaters at a Florida lake over the weekend — in which one man was knocked unconscious and left floating face down in the water, shocking video ...

Eight males have been arrested in connection with the lakeside “riot,” and they range in age from 17 to 40, the sheriff’s office said. Video screengrab Increasingly depraved behavior at a popular lake ...