June 2022

Sign Up for Fun Summer Camps with Girl Scouts at Camp Catron

A variety of themed camps with transportation options and financial aid available Camp Catron offers a beautiful outdoor setting, exhilarating activities, and more for Girl Scouts! Along with engaging summer camp programs, Girl Scouts can enjoy updated amenities all throughout the camp. New elements have been added to Eugene’s Adventure Course, an outdoor course suspended among the treetops, that includes a 30 feet free fall and zip lines that are close to 500 feet long.

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Order cancelling poultry shows for HPAI lifted by state ag department

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced on June 3 that the March 23 order cancelling all live bird exhibitions at fairs and other gatherings of birds due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been lifted. It has been 30 days since USDA has confirmed a new infection of HPAI in domestic poultry in the state of Iowa.

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