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Timing Your Fall Plots: Whitetails 365

Whitetails 365: Timing Your Fall Plots As I sit writing the July installment of the Whitetails 365 column, I’m surrounded by farmers planting their spring crops with sudden urgency. The conditions are just right…warm enough, dry enough, right time of year. Millions of acres of corn and soybeans will be planted in really a very […]

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Working to protect shoreline north of Bedell State Park on East Lake Okoboji

Working to protect shoreline north of Bedell State Park on East Lake Okoboji By Steve Weisman Over the years, residents and visitors have stepped up many times to help protect the waters of the Iowa Great Lakes. From providing financial support to help purchase lands that impact the waters, to being volunteers, to reaching out […]

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A Day of Giants Bowfishing Adventure

A Day of Giants Bowfishing Adventure By Nick Johnson It was a day with an outcome that wasn’t planned. Myself and my good friend Eric Katzenmeyer were set up to fish for bass in Cedar Lake just west of the twin cities. Eric lives in the area and we thought it would be fun to […]

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Brown Recluse Spiders in Iowa? Unfortunately, Yes!

Brown Recluse Spiders in Iowa? Unfortunately, Yes! By Kevin Godwin By no choice of my own, this spring I became an avid student of spiders. In May I was bitten by a Brown Recluse spider (BR spider) in Woodbury County, IA. This article is a short documentary of my experience. This is shared with the […]

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