Palisades-Kepler State Park to open April 23 4/21/2021 1:09:00 PM View Count 6022 MOUNT VERNON – Palisades-Kepler State Park, in Linn County, is set to open its gates on April 23, after several months of work to remove damaged trees, downed limbs and clearing other debris caused by last August’s Derecho storm.
DNR investigating death at Palisades-Kepler State Park 5/24/2020 12:34:00 PM View Count 3331 MOUNT VERNON, Iowa - On Friday, May 22, around 3:45pm, the DNR was notified of a person who had fallen on a trail at Palisades-Kepler State Park and had lacerations to his head.
Mount Vernon archer scores first perfect round in national 3D target competition 6/20/2017 1:02:00 PM View Count 6795 Iowa’s Logan Kelly has become the first archer to shoot a perfect score in 3D competition when he shot a 300 on June 17 at the International Bowhunters Organization Midwest Invitational National Archery in the Schools Program 3D Challenge tournament, in Bloomington, Ind.