Residents in unincorporated Polk County should soon begin to see improvements in their waste collection service. Polk County has reached an agreement with its contracted waste hauler FCC to implement an emergency plan for collection services. The county is currently operating under a local state of emergency declared by the…
A contract worker assigned to be the spotter for heavy equipment coming in and out of a Polk County landfill was crushed by a bulldozer while using a porta-potty, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.