Get inspired at Cedar Rock: Now open for the summer season 5/28/2024 2:23:00 PM View Count 2847 QUASQUETON, IA -- Visitors to Cedar Rock State Park will come away inspired and fascinated by this Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in Buchanan County. Located above a limestone bluff along the banks of the Wapsipinicon River, the park is open for the season from May 22 through Oct. 6.
Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning, Clear Lake Wildlife Unit 3/20/2023 3:52:00 PM View Count 2177 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Clear Lake Wildlife Unit in Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Franklin, Winnebago, Worth and Wright counties.
The Walter House 10/25/2022 11:35:00 AM View Count 3213 Quasqueton-native Lowell and Agnes Walter wanted to build a house for their retirement overlooking the Wapsipinicon River, near his hometown. The Des Moines couple owned Iowa Road Building Company in Des Moines and a farm management business in Buchanan County that amassed around 5,000 acres.
Grasslands, wetlands showcased at Lower Morse Wildlife Area 7/19/2022 12:22:00 PM View Count 3986 Walking south past the sunflower field to the crest of the gently rolling hill provides visitors of a view with a diverse 1,850-acre wetland and rolling prairie complex in northern Wright County. As far as the eye can see, its rolling hills, prairie and small wetlands that make up the popular Lower Morse Wildlife Area.
Iowa DNR to begin annual spring burning 3/2/2021 11:02:00 AM View Count 1767 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will be conducting prescribed burns this spring on wildlife management areas managed by the Iowa DNR’s Clear Lake Wildlife Unit in Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright counties.
Proposed Boone River water trail extension topic of Feb. 10 virtual public meeting 2/2/2021 1:22:00 PM View Count 1860 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Boone River Watershed Management Authority are hosting a virtual public meeting on Feb. 10, at 6 p.m., to discuss a proposal to extend the Boone River Water Trail from its current position in Webster City north to the Wright-Hancock County line.
Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Morse Lake in Wright County 8/21/2018 12:38:00 PM View Count 3445 Belmond – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will relax the fishing regulations at Morse Lake starting Sept. 1st to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake’s water level is lowered this fall.
Wastewater discharges in Wright County 6/15/2018 10:44:00 AM View Count 3215 GOLDFIELD - A leak in the city of Goldfield’s force main is apparently allowing wastewater to enter the Boone River.
DNR investigates Wright County hunting incident 11/30/2017 8:19:00 AM View Count 20007 WRIGHT COUNTY, Iowa – DNR conservation officers responded to a personal injury hunting incident on November 29 around 1:20 p.m., in southwestern Wright County.
DNR checking green color in Wright County waterway 8/17/2017 2:36:00 PM View Count 3601 EAGLE GROVE - Field staff from the DNR’s Mason City office investigated complaints of green water in a waterway about four miles south of Eagle Grove in Wright County on Wednesday.
Cedar Rock State Park finds a lot to celebrate in 2017 5/9/2017 2:58:00 PM View Count 7259 This year, Cedar Rock State Park and other public Frank Lloyd Wright sites around the world will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the famed architect’s birth.
Iowa's Bullseye Boys 8/26/2016 3:08:00 PM View Count 13507 Archery requires rigorous concentration and is steeped in history, but two Iowa teens are starting a new chapter—Nick Wright of Spencer will be the first Iowa archer from a national after-school program to receive a collegiate athletic scholarship this fall, and David Machart of Anamosa is the first Iowan, fifth in the nation, to score a perfect 300.