Polk County News

Agricultural fires are burning near Falls City tonight, officials said. Three different fires can reportedly be seen from parts of Salem.

Polk County's Multi Disciplinary Team is planning a number of free parent workshops that address child abuse.

Today is Halloween, sometimes known as "the devil's day," tomorrow is All Saints' Day, and Monday is All Souls' Day.

RICKREALL - Polk County's Holiday Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the fairgrounds, 820 S. Pacific Highway.

It's a relatively quiet election season in Polk and Marion counties: Residents in four cities have issues to decide Tuesday.

Edward L. "Ned" Clark Jr., a former president of the Oregon State Bar and a pioneer in land-use planning for Marion and Polk counties, has died.

Local emergency dispatchers reported Marion and Polk county roadways free of crashes and other traffic-blocking problems.

As the supply for the H1N1, or swine flu, vaccine trickles in slower than expected, officials in Marion and Polk counties are scrambling to keep up with demand.

Contributors and sponsors are hoping that the public will go loopy for the Willamette Valley Birding Trail Guide.

The jobless rate in the Salem area has nudged higher, rising from 11.5 percent in August to 11.6 percent in September.

MONMOUTH - The Ella Curran Food Bank and Marion-Polk Food Share will have a meeting Monday to discuss hunger in the Monmouth and Independence area.

POLK COUNTY - Scharf Farms, McK Ranch, Rickreall Dairy, Bernie Faber Dairy in West Salem and David and Bette McKibben were among the Polk County farms recently visited by dozens of county agents from across the United States.

GRAND RONDE - It's been a long time since the Old Karz Museum was in operation.

When property tax statements are mailed out Friday, all Polk County residents can expect increases consistent with Measure 50's assessed value conditions, and some will see a little more.

Consider these numbers: 10,015.86, 11.5 and 70. They are statistical measures of the economy, telling a zigzagging story of ups, downs and gradual improvement.

Photographer Dorothea Lange is best known for her portrait of a young migrant mother in California, stoically resting chin in hand while her children huddle close to her.

The Polk County Clerk's office announced that the ballots for the Nov. 3 election were sent to the post office Friday for mailing.

Police arrested five people on Thursday in sweeps linked to a crackdown linked to domestic violence.

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An idea sprung out of a run-of-the-mill picnic in the city park a couple years ago, and it ultimately grew into a new park feature, the likes of which is not offered elsewhere in all of Polk County.