(Radio Iowa) – Forest City Police says they are following up on a report from two people who saw what they believed was a mountain lion in the northwest corner of the Hy-Vee parking lot Saturday around 3 a-m. Officers from the Forest City Police Department, D-N-R, and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department were unable to locate a lion. Winnebago County Naturalist Lisa Ralls, says mountain lions are rare in the area — and those that are confirmed can usually be traced back to the Black Hills of South Dakota or out of the Ozarks
Forest City Police say they are continuing to investigate the report looking for confirmation.