It's not 1955 and we're not in Hill Valley, but a clock has been struck by lightning. The Polk County Courthouse clock was most likely struck by lightning early Wednesday morning around 3:50 a.m.

Function now meets beauty at the restored Historic Polk County Courthouse in Des Moines. Nearly a decade — and $40 million — in the making, county officials unveiled the renovated 116-year-old ...

The building is Polk County's third courthouse. ... Fireworks used to be launched from the 95-foot-tall clock tower until one caused $900 in damage, the website said.

Function now meets beauty at the restored Historic Polk County Courthouse in Des Moines. Nearly a decade — and $40 million — in the making, county officials unveiled the renovated 116-year-old ...

He is executed April 7 for the 1926 murder of a Polk Sheriff's deputy. 1930-1949 1937 - State Legislature creates the Polk County Historical Commission - Clerk of Courts Milton Wilson as chairman.

In 2021, Polk County commissioners approved the project to fully restore the 100-year-old county courthouse County Judge Sydney Murphy says they have already completed a lot of the leg work to ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - In Polk County, what’s new will still be old in a sense, as the county is building a new courthouse while preserving parts of the old one. “The activity now, a lot ...