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Man dies in coyote hunting incident

• 1/28/2019 10:53:00 AM
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa -- On January 27, at approximately 11:15 a.m., Clay County Sheriff’s deputies, Iowa DNR conservation officers and local emergency personnel responded to a report of a hunting incident near County Highway B53 and 160th Ave. in Clay County. 

Chronic wasting disease confirmed in 14 Iowa deer including first positive in Dubuque County

• 1/11/2019 1:55:00 PM
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DES MOINES - Fourteen tissue samples from wild Iowa deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease, bringing the total deer testing positive to chronic wasting disease in Iowa to 44

Spencer man injured in hunting incident

• 10/16/2018 12:38:00 PM
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CLAY COUNTY, Iowa – On October 14, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources was notified of a single-person hunting incident on Barringer Slough in Clay County, Iowa.  

Discharge reported from mysterious tile line in Whiting

• 7/17/2018 8:02:00 AM
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WHITING, Iowa -- On Friday July 13, the DNR was notified of a clay tile line discharging into a ditch near the City of Whiting's wastewater treatment plant.

2018 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program state championship results

• 6/26/2018 11:45:00 AM
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2018 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program state championship results

Iowa youth trapshooting championships Wednesday in Cedar Falls

• 6/6/2018 9:35:00 AM
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Cedar Falls – Iowa’s Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) state trapshooting championship event begins June 6 at the Iowa State Trapshooting Association home grounds just north of Cedar Falls.Middle school and elementary aged athletes will begin the competition on Wednesday with high school athletes competing Thursday through Sunday. More than 630,000 clay targets will be fired at during the five days of competition by more than 2,600 youth from 117 Iowa teams.This week’s...

Congratulations Maquoketa Caves State Park

• 9/5/2017 1:02:00 PM
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USA Today recently revealed their 2017 Readers’ Choice for Best Iowa Attractions, and the winner is . . . Maquoketa Caves State Park!

All Star team announced for Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program

• 7/3/2017 11:20:00 AM
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Competitors from 166 Iowa high school and 12 collegiate teams have competed for state championships in June in American trap, doubles trap, handicap trap, sporting clays, skeet and international trap and skeet.

12 Iowa deer test positive for chronic wasting disease from 2016-17 hunting seasons

• 3/14/2017 11:44:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has closed the book on its 2016 chronic wasting disease monitoring effort that collected 4,879 tissue samples from wild deer with 12 samples testing positive for the disease. Test results are pending on deer from a handful of counties and on 86 deer tissue samples from the Clayton County special deer collection effort that ended on March 5.

Clayton County deer tests positive for chronic wasting disease

• 2/1/2017 8:25:00 AM
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A wild deer taken during the 2016 deer hunting season northwest of Elkader has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), which is the first CWD positive wild deer confirmed outside of Allamakee County.

Big Spring Hatchery Evacuates Trout Due to Flood Threat

• 8/26/2016 10:39:00 AM
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You know the flooding is bad when even fish have to be evacuated.

Dysart Man Dies After Falling Into Mississippi River

• 7/12/2016 3:20:00 PM
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CLAYTON – A Dysart man has died after being pulled from the Mississippi River just south of Clayton.

Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Tournaments Planned Around the State

• 5/10/2016 12:06:00 PM
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More than 3,400 Iowa athletes on 125 Scholastic Clay Target teams will be busy over the next month competing in a series of tournaments around the state.

Paddle Up To These Secluded Campsites

• 6/19/2015 11:02:00 AM
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The self-reliant can take advantage of several remote paddle-in primitive campsites, get surrounded by nature and leave other humans behind. The locations make for a Boundary Waters-like experience in Iowa.

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