Visitors to any of Iowa’s state parks and forests this summer can earn points toward prizes each time they visit using the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' State Park Passport. Back for its ...

20TH. RIGHT NOW, THE IOWA DNR IS URGING PEOPLE TO NOT SWIM IN SOME OF THE BEACHES ACROSS THE STATE. EVERY WEEK, THE DEPARTMENT TESTS THE WATER AT STATE PARKS FOR HARMFUL BACTERIA OR VIRUSES.

WE’LL JUMP ABOVE AVERAGE THAN TYPICAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND, AND THIS AFTERNOON WE’VE GOT JUST THE SMOKE AND HAZE MAKING ITS APPEARANCE HERE ACROSS IOWA. AS WE HEAD ...

Three Iowa parks ranked on the list. Iowa state parks are preparing for a busy Memorial Day Weekend, so get your reservations in as soon as possible. “Park visitors are excited to get outside ...

Authorities were investigating four deaths — three homicides and the apparent suicide of a gunman — Friday at Maquoketa Caves State Park in Iowa, north of the Quad-Cities. According to the ...

and four of them — including Backbone State Park near Dundee in northeast Iowa — are not recommended for swimming this Memorial Day weekend. All four beach waters had elevated levels of E.