POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Fears about health and water safety risks are keeping residents of a retirement community near Lake Wales up at night. Until a few days ago, they were unaware of plans to ...

Near Lake Wales, Florida - George Shencavitz and his cousin from Long Island heard the flooding in the Saddlebag Lake resort was bad, but they didn’t know they’d be driving their Buick through water ...

Polk County Planning commissioners voted to reject the project Wednesday afternoon. Saddlebag Lake Resort residents packed the boardroom in protest of the project. If the decision is appealed, the ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – In a 5-2 vote, the Polk County Planning Commission declined conditional use approval for a sand mine operation near Lake Wales, a project that had received a recommendation ...

The Jurs are not the only homeowners at Saddlebag Lake Resort in Lake Wales whose home is close to being flooded. In fact, about a half dozen homes at the Polk county resort already have water inside.

Q: I had the most delicious coconut pie at the rustic Saddlebag Lakes Resort General Store, 12 miles east of the Tioga Pass entrance to Yosemite. I have been dreaming about that pie ever since and ...