Month: November 2012

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- WHNT reports that state and county investigators are trying to determine the cause and victim of a Friday night fire near Guntersville, Ala. Flames engulfed a 30-foot long camper trailer, and the badly burned remains of a person and dog were found.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- A $250K project at Grand Haven State Park in Michigan would add a separate entrance for campers entering the state park, reports the Grand Haven Tribune.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- Cool mornings and warm afternoons make for perfect camping weather, so it comes as no surprise that fall is the busiest time of the year for Texas State Parks, reports Austin News.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- The Times-Standard reports what a tree hunter found while hiking in Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Weott, Calif.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park will be unveiling a plaque on Saturday designating it a California historical landmark, reports the Visalia Times-Delta.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- On Sunday, Minnesotans United for All Families released a statement from Fridley-based Cummins Power Generation, opposing the marriage amendment to the Minnesota Constitution that voters will decide Tuesday, writes Patch.com.

(Oct. 31, 2012) -- iRV2.com announced today that as of Oct. 31, the RV consumer-oriented website has registered its 100,000th member when 'jrider' joined at 6:10 p.m. ET. A contest was launched earlier in the month and the winning guess was came from member “Jeep Trekker”, who guessed the 100,000th member would register Oct. 31 at 6:06 p.m. ET. 

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- A couple ready to put $1.5 million of their money into the development of an RV stop at Bendick Murrell in New South Wales, Australia told The Young Witness that council red tape is preventing them from inking the deal.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- "The softer than expected reading in the ISM non-manufacturing index came as a disappointment following last week’s unexpected increase in the complementary manufacturing gauge and suggests that the largest sector of the U.S. economy may be losing some of the momentum established at the end of the summer," said Jeffries.

(Nov. 5, 2012) -- Forest City-based Winnebago Industries Inc. is getting ready to produce Metro Link, a new transit bus, writes the Mason City Globe Gazette. Winnebago said it will use some of its motorhome technology in a shuttle-type bus.