AHOOGA! BY: RACHEL WUMKES Have you ever wondered what happens when you put four lifelong state park enthusiasts in a room together? The wheels start turning, that’s for sure. Literally. It just so happens, those wheels kept on turning until the All State Park Tour was born. It all came to fruition when Kevin Szcodronski...
**updated original post from July 14th, 2022** Geocaching in North Iowa BY: RACHEL WUMKES Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called “geocaches” or “caches”, at...
Hotel Debuts New Bar & American Tavern BY: RACHEL WUMKES Just a bit of a jaunt down the highway to the East of Clear Lake, you’ll find The Historic Park Inn Hotel. Located in the heart of Mason City, this 27-room boutique hotel is their most famous building as it is the only remaining Frank Lloyd Wright designed and...
The Day the Music Died BY: RACHEL WUMKES A long, long time ago… Fifty years to be exact. A young singer/songwriter named Don McLean, looking to make his mark on the music industry, penned those words. Little did he know the impact they would have on the world – and how we’d still be singing them all these years later....
Geocaching in North Iowa BY: RACHEL WUMKES Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a Global Positioning System receiver or mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the...
The official start to summer in Clear Lake! BY: RACHEL WUMKES If you were awake with the birds this morning, you may have noticed the sun peek over the horizon rather early. That is because today is the summer solstice, the longest day and shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The official start of this...
It’s a summer of music!! BY: RACHEL WUMKES There’s something to be said about listening to live music. Whether you’re at a stadium concert, a local dive bar, or hanging out on a patio on a warm summer night. It’s impossible to be in a bad mood. And why is that? I’ve often thought it was the magical feeling of being...
