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Burlington, IA- Des Moines County Conservation has announced the next hike in their hike a park series. Hike a Park Chatfield Campground will be on October 6th. This hike will be meeting at Chatfield Campground in Lee County. Hikes will be led by Clay Steele the Lee County Naturalist. There is no fee to join the hike, and no registration is required. This series of programs will be exploring the trail systems in the parks of Des Moines, Louisa, and Lee Counties. For more information, contact Starr's Cave Nature Center at (319)753-5808 or visit them on Facebook.

West Point, IA- Des Moines County Conservation has announced the next location in the Hike-a-Park series. Hike a Park, Pollmiller Park will start on Thursday, April 14th to introduce visitors to this Lee County Park. Lee County Conservation Naturalist Clay Steele will be leading a 1–4-mile hike at 3:00 pm. This hike will be at the Towering Oaks Nature Trail at Pollmiller Park. The meeting place will be at the last parking lot before the beach. There is no fee to join the hike, and no registration is required. This series of programs will be exploring the trail systems in the parks of Des Moi...

Addington Place of Burlington, 5175 West Ave., will host a fashion show and pop up boutique with Angels and Outlaws from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fifteen-percent of all proceeds will benefit Burlington Area Homeless Shelter.

The Hawk Eye The Easter Bunny will be making his rounds this weekend, and that means the opening of egg hunting season. Across the region, egg hunts have been planned by a variety of organizations for area children. In Lee County, however, Conservation Board staff have not forgotten the grownups.  They have hidden several eggs in the Lee County Conservation Board's main parks: Wilson Lake, Pollmiller, Chatfield, Denning, and the Heron Bend Conservation Area, naturalist Clay Steele announced Friday on Facebook. Almost all are plainly visible from areas people commonly visit or walk. Inside e...

Keokuk kicks off Bald Eagle Appreciation Days with pandemic precautions Unmute KEOKUK (WGEM) -- Tourists flocked to Keokuk on Saturday as the city kicked off their 39th annual Bald Eagle Appreciation Days. While all the usual indoor events were cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions, people from all over still made the journey. Sylvia Janowski said her family traveled from Iowa City to see the eagles fly and nest in trees along the Mississippi River. "I thought it would be fun for the kids," she said. "We're from Chicago. We don't see any bald eagles. So, I thought ...