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Polk County, Swiftmud begin pumping water from flooded Lake Seward area
Polk County is coordinating with the Southwest Florida Water Management District to direct water away from Lake Seward in the Lakeland Highlands area. The Lake Seward flood relief plan contains ...
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Federal grant of $25 million aims to protect rare habitat on Lake Wales Ridge
That initiative covers seven counties, though the largest sections of the ridge, a remnant of Florida ... The Lake Wales Ridge, which extends about 100 miles northwest from Highlands County ...
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'Slow-motion flooding' plagues residents of Seward Lake area nearly a week after Milton
LAKELAND — Tracy Boyette ... On Wednesday, the houses of Highlands Grace faced no risk of flooding, standing well above the western edge of the temporary lake. Smith said that developments ...
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After a rally to beat Sebring, Lakeland football looks to clean up play as playoffs approach
Lakeland football will go into the postseason undefeated at 9-0, ranked No. 1 in Class 5A and are again No. 1 in the final USA TODAY Florida Network Super 25 ... The game was played on Wednesday ...
High school bowling: Lakeland's Mason Griffin advances; Lakeland, Lake Wales finish state play
Lakeland junior Mason Griffin on Tuesday was the only boy to advance to the second day thanks to bowling an 890 in four games and placing 11th out of 16 boys. On the second day, he placed in the top ...