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Banner and Olofson shooting ranges offer discounted annual passes

• 11/14/2023 11:43:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has discounted its annual passes for the Banner and Olofson shooting ranges for 2024 by $40 making it the perfect gift for the hard-to-buy-for member of the family.

Additional Communities Added to Boil Order for Warren Water District, City of Milo

• 7/26/2022 8:01:00 AM
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WARREN COUNTY, Iowa - Authorities with the Warren Water District issued a boil advisory for much of Warren County including the cities of Milo, Martinsdale, New Virginia, Truro and Saint Mary's after the rural water district experienced a ruptured water line late Sunday that affected water levels and pressure in several water towers.

Boil Order for Warren Water District, City of Milo

• 7/26/2022 7:57:00 AM
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WARREN COUNTY, Iowa - Authorities with the Warren Water District issued a boil advisory for customers east of Highway 65/69 in Warren County and the city of Milo after the rural water district experienced a ruptured water line late Sunday that affected water levels and pressure in several water towers.

Water level to drop at Hooper Lake in Warren County

• 5/4/2021 2:40:00 PM
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INDIANOLA - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) plans to start lowering the water level at Hooper Lake on May 5, to repair the drawdown structure. It is expected to take six weeks to completely drain the lake and construction will take place this fall. The DNR plans to refill the lake in 2022.

Fishing Regulations relaxed at Lake Ahquabi and Hooper Lake in Warren County

• 10/6/2020 1:41:00 PM
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Indianola - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has relaxed the fishing regulations at Lake Ahquabi and Hooper Lake in Warren County to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lakes are drained in mid-summer 2021.

DNR investigating two hunting incidents

• 12/26/2019 10:12:00 AM
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WARREN COUNTY – On December 22, 2019, around 10:30am, Austin Pontier of St. Charles was shot by a member of his hunting party while participating in a deer drive south of St. Charles.

Acoustic Monitoring Survey for Iowa's Nine Bat Species

• 4/23/2019 8:45:00 AM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa State University are looking for volunteers interested in performing night time surveys for bats in Dubuque, Lucas, Jackson, Warren and Clayton counties

Man injured after falling from tree stand in Warren County

• 1/8/2019 12:37:00 PM
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MILO, Iowa – DNR conservation officers responded to a tree stand fall in rural Warren County on Saturday, January 5 around 9:30 a.m.

Iowa DNR receives donated 440 year old white oak cross section

• 5/31/2018 8:32:00 AM
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources received a donation from the Science Center of Iowa of a cross section from a 440 year-old white oak tree. 

Indianola man falls more than 20 feet from tree stand

• 10/17/2017 9:08:00 AM
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WARREN COUNTY - An Indianola man was injured while climbing into his tree stand on Sunday while deer hunting.