Uncertain ice conditions are creating hazards for recreation such as using ATVs on frozen lakes, Iowa DNR warns.

Just last weekend nine off-highway vehicles and all-terrain vehicles broke through the ice—seven at the Iowa Great Lakes near the Minnesota border and two at Lake Rathbun on the Missouri border.

While there is certainly truth to this statement, there are some exceptions. At Rathbun Lake in southern Iowa, engineers and scientists are working to design a one-of-a-kind electric barrier to ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is urging Iowans to use caution if they plan on heading out onto the ice this week, as the recent warm weather is making conditions potentially ...

Seven of the incidents occurred at the Iowa Great Lakes on the Minnesota border. Two of them were at Lake Rathbun on the Missouri border. Lakes in Dickinson County have had sections of open water ...