Month: July 2015

CINCINNATI — Members of Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), a Cincinnati-based organization for motorhome owners, will head to Wisconsin’s capital city at the end of July for a four-day event focusing on various aspects of their favorite form of travel. A small city on wheels will take shape as the owners of some 2,000 motorhomes ...

Members of Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA), a Cincinnati-based organization for motorhome owners, will head to Wisconsin’s capital city at the end of July for a four-day event focusing on various aspects of their favorite form of travel. According to a press release, a “small city on wheels” will take shape as the owners of some […]

(July 10, 2015) -- This year, PleasureLand RV has selected the Justin Pearson Foundation Fund to receive the money raised. The foundation will purchase prescription drug drop boxes at law enforcement centers throughout the tri-county area surrounding St. Cloud, including Stearns, Benton and Scherburne counties.

(July 10, 2015) -- The Pinedale Town Council held a special meeting July 5 and approved a town resolution to purchase the property of an abandoned KOA campground for $500,000, the Pinedale Roundup reported.

(July 10, 2015) -- Plainville Campground is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year with events that will include tours this weekend of some of its 87 “architecturally distinct summer cottages” on the 17-acre site, the Bristol Press reported.

CAVE CITY, Ky. Six international students from the Dominican Republic and Mexico are spending summer break from college working in housekeeping positions at Jellystone Park Camp Resort, the Glasgow Daily Times reported. Emily Moss, vice president of operations for the campground, told the paper that when her parents purchased the business in 2003, the campground’s ...

(July 10, 2015) -- While recreational shooting and hunting is still allowed in most parts of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests, shooting in campgrounds is off-limits. The Forest Service says they are enforcing these rules, but it all boils down to personal responsibility, KOAA-TV reported.

(July 10, 2015) -- The fire started Wednesday afternoon near the junction of U.S. Highways 97 and 197 and grew quickly, causing the evacuations of South Junction and Wingdam campgrounds Wednesday night, Kassidy Kern, spokeswoman for the dispatch center, told The Bulletin.

(July 10, 2015) -- Forest River acknowledged it failed to report early warning data and failed to launch two safety recalls in a timely fashion. The company also is required to retain an independent monitor to conduct periodic audits of the company’s safety practices. The company was fined $35 million. Spartan Motors was fined $9 million for its violations.

TELLURIDE, Colo. — Benjamin Yoho, the Telluride-area resident suspected of hording more than 8,000 pounds of trash at an illegal campsite near the Jud Wiebe Trail in the Uncompahgre National Forest, made his first appearance at U.S. District Court in Durango Tuesday, the Telluride Daily Planet reported. Yoho was released on a $10,000 unsecured bond, ...