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JOHNSTON, Iowa — Part of the Neal Smith Trail at Saylorville Lake will close for two weeks starting Monday. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the section of the trail between the Bob Shetler ...
The 26-mile Neal Smith Trail connects downtown Des Moines to Saylorville Lake and Big Creek State Park. It's part of over 800 miles of trails to enjoy in central Iowa.
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KCAU) — After going silent in recent years, a plan to develop a bike trail helping bicyclists get from the Iowa Great Lakes all the way to Carroll and eventually to Des Moines ...
The Iowa Great Lakes Connection Five-County Trail would complete a bike trail from Spirit Lake to Carroll through Dickinson, Clay, Buena Vista, Sac, and Carroll counties.
When the first edition of what would become RAGBRAI rolled into Ankeny on Aug. 29, 1973, it had 500 riders and the city had 9,000 residents. The golden anniversary edition of the Register's Annual ...
Officials from the state and Army Corps of Engineers ask people not to boat at Saylorville Lake during the Fourth of July holiday week as water levels are expected to rise more than 880 feet above ...
Access to Oak Grove beach, some boat ramps and more will remain closed until Saylorville Lake levels drop, which can be a slow process. Iowa flooding could push Saylorville Lake water levels up 30 ...
SAYLORVILLE, Iowa — Water levels at Saylorville Lake are climbing this week. As a result, Polk County Conservation will be closing access to certain parts of Jester Park and areas surrounding ...
As of the afternoon of June 25, the lake was at 844.27 feet, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ river gauge data. That number is climbing and will be at 845 feet soon, Magneson said ...