The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Travel Iowa invite Iowans to step outside and enjoy Iowa state parks and forests in the 2022 First Day Hike Challenge. Visitors can ring in the New Year with the Parks Passport on their own, or by joining park staff on a guided hike.
Registration is open for Iowa Farm Bureau Federation’s (IFBF) 2022 Young Farmer Conference. This conference for farmers and agribusiness professionals, ages 18 to 35, will be held on Jan. 28 and 29 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.
Snowy owls breed in the open landscapes of the Arctic Tundra. During summers with abundant food (particularly lemmings), many young are produced, and the following winter, many of those young owls disperse south into the US to look for winter prey.
The Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) is launching “Iowa’s Front Forty,” celebrating conservation champions in the state. It recognizes farmers and others who utilize and promote innovative conservation methods.
The George C. Grape Community Hospital Auxiliary is very pleased with the response to their 2021Tree of Lights campaign. Over 250 purple lights are lit on the tree in front of the hospital in memory or in honor of loved ones this Christmas season. The glow from those lights will continue through the coming year as the Grape Hospital Auxiliary uses your donations to help fund their 2022 projects.
Dear Amy: My boyfriend of almost three years is very childish. If I do something he does not like, he will try to “get me” back — or even the score in some way.
Fremont County 4-H families, youth, and volunteers gathered at the Colonial Movie Theater of Hamburg for this year’s Fremont County 4-H Awards Banquet. 4-H youth were recognized for their achievements for the 2020-2021 program year, and 8 youth were installed to serve on the 2021-2022 County Council.
Visitors to public lands can take advantage of interactive maps to improve hunting and other outdoor experiences at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes through a free Hunting Map tool available at USACE Hunting App.
Southeast Community College is now accepting applications from high school students for scholarships. Interested students should visit www.southeast.edu/ scholarships.
Palace Entertainment, a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos, one of the leading global operators of amusement parks with more than 60 different attractions assets around the world, today announces its acquisition of Adventureland Resort in Altoona, Iowa. Adventureland, which has been a family-run business since opening its doors in 1974, has more than 100 rides, shows, and attractions for all ages, from mild to wet-and-wild and feature shows throughout the park for a variety of family fun and entertainment. The acquisition and Palace’s expansion of the venue will introduce Adventureland into a portfolio of some of the best known and operated parks in the world. Similar to Adventureland, many of these venues hold and maintain a unique and timeless heritage where they operate.