The Technobotics Academy at Winter Haven High School is the first of its kind. It focuses on applied robotics to inspire students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The classes progress from the history of robotics and basic engineering to programming, designing, and building…
The 6/10 Corporation (www.610corp.net) board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Kerry Wilson as president of the company effective June 10, 2013. Carl J. (Bud) Strang, III, the current president and a director, has been named the chief executive officer. The changes…
If April was any indication, Polk County home builders are going to have a busy summer. A total 182 permits for new single-family homes were recorded in Polk last month, marking the area's highest total in nearly five years, according to county and city building departments.…
Within a month of standing in as interim clerk, Ryan Taylor has been picked as Dundee's town clerk and assistant town manager by Town Manager Andy Stewart. Taylor was at Tuesday's Dundee Town Commission meeting. Mayor Samuel Pennant said he wondered who it was standing at…
Mayor Gow Fields invites local residents to attend the next Mornings with the Mayor event that will take place at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5 at Fred’s Market located at 2120 Harden Boulevard in Lakeland. Citizens that attend these breakfast sessions get to hear from the Mayor about…
If the fifth-graders visiting Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School on Wednesday thought science was all about boring textbooks and scary test questions, they certainly don’t anymore. During their morning visit to the high school, nearly two-dozen students from Polk City Elementary built robots…
City Council members have decided to set up a workshop in the near future on impact fees and a community redevelopment agency. The last time the Frostproof City Council talked about those two funding mechanisms, the recession hadn't happened. Now that it's 2013, the city is overdue…
The Polk County School Board has moved up the date it will make its decision on who it wants as the next superintendent of schools. The board originally said its decision would be made at its May 28 meeting. But board members decided Tuesday morning to…
Legoland Florida has set July 3 as the opening date for The World of Chima, a major expansion at the Winter Haven attraction. Legoland announced the planned expansion in March but did not disclose an opening date. The park made the announcement Tuesday, deploying dozens of…