Mulberry Staffer Earns State's Top School-Related Employee Award

Polk County School's School-Related Employee of the Year has been named the state's top employee, too. Norma Reyes, an English for Speakers of Other Languages paraprofessional at Purcell Elementary in Mulberry, was named Florida's School Related Employee of the Year on Thursday at a State Board of Education meeting. She is the first school related employee from Polk County to win the state honor.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120511/news/120519881&tc=yahoo

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:28:28 -0700

Off-Road Vehicle Park May Be Under Construction a Year From Now

BARTOW | The long-sought off-road vehicle park south of Mulberry could be under construction by next spring.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120511/news/120519908&tc=yahoo

Published: Fri, 11 May 2012 07:58:33 -0700

Off-Road Vehicle Park Work Could Begin Soon

The County Commission will consider Tuesday a $1.3 million grant agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and a $336,127 consultant agreement with Atkins–North America for final design.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120512/news/120519800&tc=yahoo

Published: Sat, 12 May 2012 20:13:23 -0700

Off-Road Vehicle Park Gets the County's OK

County commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a grant agreement and a consultant contract that will allow the county to proceed with a long-planned off-road vehicle park south of Mulberry.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120515/politics/120519609&tc=yahoo

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 20:43:23 -0700

USF Police Crime Tracker May 10-16

This is a partial list of crimes and service calls reported May 10-16 to the University of South Florida Police Department. Questions about a specific event should be directed to the USF Police Department at (813) 974-2628.
http://www2.tbo.com/news/news/2012/may/23/nenewso12-usf-police-crime-tracker-may-10-16-ar-405682/

Published: Tue, 22 May 2012 21:00:00 -0700

School Notes

On March 23, nine Level 3 Culinary Arts students at Mulberry High School passed the Florida Restaurant Association's 90-question ServSafe exam and are certified ServSafe managers for five years. As recommended by Florida's Sunshine State Standards, the class studied and reviewed all 14 chapters together for six weeks with their teacher, Karen Kilday, who is also certified as a ServSafe manager ...
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120505/news/120509613&tc=yahoo

Published: Sat, 05 May 2012 18:12:13 -0700

Dry Weather Causing Brush Fires in Polk

As good as it feels, the wintry weather has contributed to tinderbox conditions throughout much of Central Florida, including Polk, which has seen a spate of brush fires in recent days.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120424/outdoors/120429588&tc=yahoo

Published: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:38:10 -0700

Highland Packing's Decision to Leave Polk Was Hard

HAINES CITY | When forced to choose between his head and his heart in deciding whether to relocate his Mulberry company outside Polk County, Steve Maxwell went with the higher option.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120504/news/120509659&tc=yahoo

Published: Fri, 04 May 2012 19:42:02 -0700

Mulberry man arrested for extortion

Polk County Sheriff's detectives arrested John Robert Browning, 33,   today after he attempted to get the Mosaic Corporation to pay him thousands of dollars for a digital media card he claimed stored incriminating photos.
http://www.wtsp.com/rss/article/254870/8/Mulberry-man-arrested-for-extortion

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 17:25:18 -0700

Highland Packaging Relocating Operations; Polk to Lose More Than 215 Jobs

One of the largest industrial leases ever signed in Tampa Bay will shift more than 215 jobs from Polk County to Plant City this fall.
http://www.theledger.com/article/20120503/news/120509753&tc=yahoo

Published: Thu, 03 May 2012 19:41:30 -0700