Danville ― An unseasonably warm winter slowed restoration activities at Geode State Park. Currently, the park is open for day use only, including its roads, trails and open, grassy areas, as the Iowa ...

The multi-million dollar lake bed restoration project at Geode State Park in southeast Iowa is almost finished and the lake will reopen, once the spring rains fill it back up. Longtime area resident ...

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 ...

The classic signs of Spring in southeast Iowa — lilacs, morels, rain instead of snow — will be joined this year by the thrill of deep waters as Lake Geode begins the end of a four-year dry spell.

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 ...