Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

Iowa's state rock, the geode, illustrates the adage that 'you can't judge a book by its cover,” said Marv Houg, president of the Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society. 'It's a great teaching tool ...

Wherever I wander, I have an eye out for new and different things that might make interesting writing and reading. A trip to the Iowa-Missouri-Illinois tri-state corner last weekend offered up some ...

Restoration of a state-owned lake in southeast Iowa has been delayed due to this year’s rainy weather. “Lake Geode was starting to see a lot of the similar type issues we’ll see in some of our ...

DANVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) - A suspicious fire damaged the largest sycamore tree in Iowa at Geode State Park on Sunday, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said. The DNR is investigating the fire and ...

From the spiky teeth of a geode containing barite and dogtooth calcite crystals, the rich browns and golds of smoky quartz and goethite needles on calcite, and the coral-like branches of plumose ...

Two people have been fined after pleading guilty to multiple crimes related to illegally harvesting ginseng in Iowa. Ki Pil Park and Jaemyung Yoo, both of Chicago, were facing 32 ginseng-related ...

DANVILLE — On the north end of Geode State Park, a rope swing hangs from a large white oak tree next to a modest stone home whose fenced-in back yard is sparsely scattered with lawn chairs, bird ...