Fremont-Mills students took their biology class outside at Blackburn State Park. The Loess Hills property was donated to the state as a way to preserve Iowa's natural heritage.

Fremont-Mills students took their biology class outside at Blackburn State Park. The Loess Hills property was donated to the ...

Blank Park Zoo is soon to become home to 15 life-size, animatronic dinosaurs as it undergoes a prehistoric twist this summer.

A Tippie College of Business researcher says public agencies can get people more invested in parks and recreation areas by ...

At the Iowa City Public Art Advisory Committee’s recent meeting, members discussed the applications of artists who submitted ...

This 1,200-acre wonderland has been hiding in plain sight since becoming one of Iowa’s first state parks in the 1920s, yet ...

Ledges State Park near Madrid isn’t just another patch of Midwestern greenery – it’s Iowa’s geological rebel, a place where ...

Forget Groundhog Day or Daylight Saving Time, the real sign of spring here in Iowa is when the bright, colorful petals start to push through in Pella as the tulips begin to bloom. Last week’s warm ...

Since Iowa State University initiated the practice ... to remove the plaque from its public display and put it in the Parks Library Archives — with further action pending.

Google Maps is one of the apps that gets the most love from Google in terms of regular updates, and we've spotted another couple of upgrades rolling out to the mapping app in recent days ...

Or the next Bertch family, which in 2022 opened the promising Lost Island park in Waterloo, Iowa. Parks like Silver Dollar City show that it’s possible to provide Disney quality without Disney ...

Some words may be mispronounced. Iowans gathered at the Iowa Capitol last week to celebrate the parks, trails and outdoor spaces across the state. The gathering was also intended to serve as a ...