It was supposed to be a day in the park, but an end-of-the-school-year field trip turned frightening Wednesday for some northeast Iowa girls. Four Independence Middle School girls got lost at Backbone State Park in Delaware County yesterday, and were found about four hours later. The girls were on a field trip to Backbone and got separated from the rest of their group.
The Delaware County Sheriff’s Department was notified at about 2 p.m. Several area law enforcement officials and fire departments searched the park until the four were found, unhurt, by a Dundee firefighter at about 5:30.