Archive for August, 2004

>”I suppose we’ll go on some kind of fun trip sometime,” Edward Koehn said after winning the grand prize Sunday in a sweepstakes promotion celebrating the Iowa State Fair’s 150th anniversary. “We’ll park it somewhere and look at it!” Full Story…

>Prophetstown State Park in Tippecanoe County near Lafayette, opens Saturday.

Unlike most state parks, which feature woodland, the new park is mostly rolling fields, covered with prairie grass and wildflowers. There are hiking and biking trails and a campground with 110-sites. More Info…

>Paula Grant, 33, of Newbury, Vt., said she doesn’t remember much from the storm that destroyed her camper at the Wakeda Campground on Friday night except for waking up underneath a tree.

Grant, who had been vacationing at the campground with her husband, three children and grandchild, called the ordeal terrifying. Full Story…