If it has been quiet at Lake Wobegon, as Garrison Keillor frequently notes in his “Prairie Home Companion” monologues, it has been especially quiet at Lake Totallygone. Whereas the residents of Keillor’s fictional community still have their lake, the residents of more than 800 Lake Delhi homes have only a slim stream surrounded by weed-choked [...]
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UPDATE: Gov. Terry Branstad fired a shot at his executive-branch agencies while issuing a “historic” order Friday rescinding a ban on lead ammunition by dove hunters, saying he would not let them trump actions of elected officials by using “administrative fiat” to set rules that go beyond a law’s intended effect. “We need to make [...]
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“I’m what you call a serious trapper,” said Larry Karels, who during the past season trapped and skinned 185 coyotes. While most Iowans seldom if ever see a coyote, Karels, 64, of Monticello, has trapped more than 1,300 of the wily predators during the past decade — a tribute not only to his skill but [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS- A Cedar Rapids nature center hopes out-of-state hunters really want to bag an Iowa deer in the coming hunting seasons. For the second year, the Indian Creek Nature Center will auction off a deer tag for non-resident hunters. Only a handful of non-Iowa hunters can claim a deer tag through a lottery system. [...]
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