The department advises against swimming at 15 state and two Des Moines area beaches due to unsafe water quality conditions.

Sharpe gave a special induction speech the night he was elected, and it included a memorable and heartwarming family moment.

The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued a flood warning shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday for multiple parts of the metro. The Raccoon River at Fleur Drive is expected to reach 14.8 feet ...

Hueston Woods State Park in College Corner, Ohio might just be your salvation – a 3,000-acre slice of paradise that proves the Buckeye State has been hiding one of the Midwest’s most spectacular ...

From this vantage point, you can see the full expanse of the canyon, with its steep walls plunging nearly 1,000 feet to the canyon floor. The layers of sedimentary rock tell a geological story ...

Drink this beer on a deck with your friends while discussing the fact that France got a Protected Designation of Origin for champagne, but the Czech Republic will never get one for pilsner despite it ...

E. coli or algae levels are too high for swimming at 13 Iowa DNR beaches and two others in the Des Moines area this week.

Quail Creek State Park and Reservoir Anglers fish for Bass along the shallow banks of the Quail Creek State Park reservoir May 23, 2003. (Photo: Keith Johnson, Deseret News) ...

A heartbreaking update to share -- the baby eaglet that captivated park guests out at Radnor Lake since it first learned to fly has passed away from her injuries.

A spring-fed quarry lake will soon become a public swimming facility at the newest State Park in Kingston. According to New York State Parks, Lake Sophia is part of a $75.6 million multistep develo… ...

A man who drowned in Brandywine Creek has been identified as Sergio Ayala-Vilchis, 21, who had gone swimming with a woman he met at a nightclub the night before, Pennsylvania State Police announced on ...