Polk County leaders said Tuesday they are closer to getting a swim area/vessel exclusion zone approved by the state of ...

You can knucklebust and create brain injuries to each other on your own property without creating a disturbance to your ...

Dramatic video footage was played by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd who said he was going to make an example of the hooligans ...

A Florida sheriff tore into a group of rowdy boaters after a massive, caught-on-video lakeside brawl left families and ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says rowdy boaters pulling up to the ‘Point’ on Lake Winterset to fight, defecate and engage ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is holding a press conference Tuesday morning regarding an ongoing issue on Lake Winterset.

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — Homeowners who live along Lake Winterset are fed up with a years-long and, often, unruly ...

Eight people have been arrested in connection with a violent brawl earlier this month at Lake Winterset that left two ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says that a reckless boater was arrested and charged with a DUI after colliding with a dock ...

On Tuesday, Polk County commissioners will discuss setting a hearing date for establishing vessel exclusion zones and designated swim areas, expected in two weeks.

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 ...

The exclusion zones are on Lake Winterset, Lake Clinch and Lake Ariana. With a few exceptions, a boater caught within the zones could be guilty of a noncriminal infraction and fined up to $500 ...