The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns called our national parks “America’s Best Idea.” As distinctly American ...

Brian Gibbs, a park ranger at Iowa's Effigy Mounds National Monument, says he has his job back after being laid off on Valentine's Day as part of a Department of Government Efficiency initiative.

Many websites online claim there are 4 National Park Sites in the Hawkeye State. The truth is that there are only 2 Nat ...

Effigy Mounds refers to the ceremonial mounds built in the shape of birds, bison, turtles and, most frequently, bears, according to volunteer ranger Jerry Mays. The mounds preserved at the monument ...

I write these words on Earth Day 2017. If you have been following the seven years of our exposing the damage caused at our beloved Effigy Mounds National Monument by federal employees you may care to ...

The Hawkeye State is fortunate enough to host four National Park Service units: Effigy Mounds National Monument; Herbert Hoover National Historic Site; and portions of two national historic trails-the ...

The "Three Mounds" site at the Effigy Mounds National Monument on Nov. 8, 2010, in Harpers Ferry, Iowa. Effigy Mounds National Monument IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — National Park Service officials approved ...

An Iowa national park ranger who went viral with a social media post about being one of thousands of probationary federal workers included in a massive Department of Government Efficiency-led layoff ...