Clawfish, from developer indie developer David Czarnowski, is a fishing video game where players use crane games instead of fishing rods. It’s available for under $3 on Steam and Itch.io.

"It was kind of a coincidence because they started coming when they started managing this big open area behind me for Canada geese," said NIck Echterling at the Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area.

Sandhill cranes stop at Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area during fall migration south. People flock to marvel; staff and volunteers count.

Visit the sandhill crane-centered Art Show and Sale Saturday at the Crane Trust at exit 305 off I-80 in Alda. Rowe Sanctuary has crane-centered events this week, too.

An estimated 40,000 fish are dead on a 20-mile stretch of Crane Creek in Northeast Iowa, and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is trying to figure out what killed them. “It’s a complex ...