Here are the best places to go walking on the South Shore as spring begins. Best views, best birdwatching, best exercise, best for families and kids.

The Iowa River flows right through town like a liquid highway. Parks line the riverbank where you can sit and watch the world go by. Walking trails connect neighborhoods in the most delightful way.

BUCKEYE — Salt cedar trees are invading the Gila River, causing flood and fire hazards ... director of the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon chapter. “It’s not just what needs to be removed ...

Built on the site of one of the largest of former Hudson River brick factories, the Hutton Brickyards of comfortable cabins ...

Frank Dubas’ invitation to Marywood University for its students to help design features at his nonprofit Garden of Cedar community lot in South Side came with a condition. “I said you can do what you ...

A great blue heron rookery was spotted in a stand of Atlantic white cedar trees in the ... according to old maps. Continuing on, we spotted a fairway for the Beaver River Golf Club on the left before ...

Volunteers with Little Forks Conservancy will soon return to the Cedar River for the biannual stream sampling event on Saturday, May 17. This long-running project uses aquatic macroinvertebrates ...

A Walk in the Park is an ongoing series from State Journal photographer Nick King, who intends to explore Lansing area parks one hour at a time. If you have a suggestion of a park he should visit ...

Mini runners will turn left onto 3rd Street and head for the finish, while marathon runners will stay right and make their way toward Iroquois Park.See the course map for both races here.The mini ...

River Point Park in Lansing features the city's oldest landmark, the point where the Red Cedar River and Grand River meet. Seen from the 4-acre park that can be accessed from the Lansing River ...

RAGBRAI released the full route map Thursday and ... Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls and Oelwein. The ending town will be Guttenburg on the Mississippi River. Thursday's announcement reveals the towns ...

CEDAR FALLS — The steady ... tours explaining the features on the course. “We are hoping really give the community a good introduction to our new river park,” Miller said.