DNR seeking information after state’s largest sycamore damaged by fire

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking the public for help in finding out how one of the state’s oldest trees got damaged. The DNR says someone reported a burning tree Sunday at Geode State Park near Danville in southeast Iowa. The tree turned out to be the one that has been certified as […]

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Char Beekmann, 88, Pocathotas

Char Beekmann, age 88, of Pocahontas, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at the Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa.

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