I wouldn’t say my job offers many opportunities at humor. Save for a few stories each year about dumb criminals – or in 2019, an escaped cow – there aren’t many laughs to find in most things I cover. Council meetings, local elections and everything else on the community news beat don’t really make me chuckle.

Last week, however, I did find myself cracking up after receiving a press release from the Iowa DNR. The event didn’t occur in my coverage area or even in northwest Iowa, but I’m sharing it here nonetheless in case some of you could use a laugh.

As you’ll see, the press release’s headline...