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Facing budget cuts, Des Moines County Conservation would lease FEMA-owned land bought out after the 1993 and 2002 floods in order to make some money.

Des Moines County supervisors and department heads hear plans for Jamboree substitute. Bob Saar for The Hawk Eye A summer highlight in Des Moines County is the annual Outdoor Youth Jamboree at Big Hollow Recreation Area, but COVID-19 sidelined that for this year. No worries: conservation director Chris Lee told county supervisors and department heads the event will be replaced with an open house including a scavenger hunt May 15. "We're going to have canoe rentals, we'll have some fishing poles you can borrow," Lee said. Fill the Lake Flotilla May 15 will include the new "Fill the Lake Flotil...