Local news reports detail how Polk County, Minnesota, charges drivers and petty offenders with drug-free zone violations like ...

Over the past five years, hundreds of people in Polk County, Minnesota, have been charged with possessing drugs in “drug-free ...

Jayden Marie Ray has credit for 38 days served. She will be eligible for supervised release after a little more than 57 ...

MCLEOD CO, MINN. (KFGO) – A Polk County, Minnesota woman died in a crash near Hutchinson, Minnesota Tuesday morning. The State Patrol says the driver of an SUV, 66-year-old Roxanne Marie Strodahl, of ...

The Crow Wing County Attorney’s Office recently announced that officer Nick Fladland was justified in the June 30 shooting.

POLK COUNTY, Minn. — Authorities in northwestern Minnesota are advising residents to stay off the roads Friday afternoon. The Polk County Sheriff's Office said visibility is down to zero in some ...

Plus: How Minnesota law stands up versus presidential executive orders; Polk County “drug-free zones” arrest controversy; new ...

Clay, Polk and Norman counties in Minnesota, along with Cass and Traill counties in North Dakota, are jointly applying for a ...

GRAND FORKS — A garage in rural Polk County, Minnesota, was destroyed during a weekend fire that prompted a response from three area fire departments. The incident occurred on Saturday ...

The best criminal justice reporting tagged with "Polk County, Minnesota," curated by The Marshall Project.

In Minnesota, the epicenter of prosecutions for violating drug-free school and park zone laws isn't Minneapolis, but small Polk County. The county contains less than 1 percent of the state's ...