Branstad visits Franklin County

The governor talks water at Beeds Lake State Park
 
     Iowa Governor Terry Branstad visited Franklin County on the afternoon of June 23. 
     The long-serving Republican visited Beeds Lake State Park as part of his tradition of traveling to all 99 Iowa counties. 
     Friends of Beeds Lake, a non-profit group aiming at cleaning the lake up, was on hand to meet the governor, as well as Franklin County Supervisor Corey Eberling and members of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
     During the discussion, the governor asked if Beeds had seen the effects of the emerald ash borer. 
     Read the full article in the June 29 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.