Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

Iowa's state rock, the geode, illustrates the adage that 'you can't judge a book by its cover,” said Marv Houg, president of the Cedar Valley Rocks and Minerals Society. 'It's a great teaching tool ...

Restoration of a state-owned lake in southeast Iowa has been delayed due to this year’s rainy weather. “Lake Geode was starting to see a lot of the similar type issues we’ll see in some of our ...

In 1967, the Iowa State Legislature named the Geode the state rock of Iowa. Fifty years later, this unique type of rock gets more notice in Keokuk than anywhere else in the state. Keokuk is known as ...

Wherever I wander, I have an eye out for new and different things that might make interesting writing and reading. A trip to the Iowa-Missouri-Illinois tri-state corner last weekend offered up some ...