Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The beach at Big Creek Lake is 1,300 feet long, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, and includes a playground ...

POLK CITY, IOWA ... Creek Lake at Big Creek State Park is fully open for the holiday. “Everybody thinks that we’re shut down here. No, we are not. We’re totally normal. Beach is normal.

Big Creek Beach Black Hawk Beach Blue Lake Beach Lake Manawa Beach How does the Iowa DNR classify Iowa's beaches based on their water quality? DNR officials classify state park beaches into one ...

BIG CREEK, BACKBONE AND BLACK HAWK STATE PARKS, AMONG OT Lake Ahquabi remains on the list of places where swimming is not recommended, according to the latest beach advisories from the Iowa ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has decided not to drain a popular central Iowa lake.Florida had its problems with dangling chad, but in Big Creek Lake in Polk County, it’s the swimming ...

This giant walleye came out of Big Creek Lake located in central Iowa north of Des Moines. It weighs 12 pounds and is 28 inches long. The walleye was caught by people who were doing research on ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - State officials are warning swimmers about a blue-green algae bloom at Big Creek Lake north of Des Moines. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued a swimming and ...

And in places like central Iowa, Big Creek Lake had an open pocket on it that didn’t freeze all winter and so that’s going to expand and chew up some ice and work Twin Lakes, same thing.