Posted: 02/26/2013 SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa - The electric fish barrier that will keep Asian carp from entering the Iowa Great Lakes through the Lower Gar Lake outlet is in place and operational. All that remains to be completed for the nearly $1 million project is final...
By Brandon Barb, Spencer Daily Reporter Staff - THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 2013 Funding for Iowa lakes projects could be cut drastically in the 2014 fiscal year if Gov. Terry Branstad's budget proposal is approved. The current budget is at $6 million, and would be cut down to...
The Iowa Great Lakes Association held a business member reception Wednesday, Jan. 30 at Emerald Hills Golf Club in Arnolds Park. Recognizing that not only lakes residents but businesses have a passionate interest in preserving our lakes and the thriving economy...
Thousands of people gathered around the Iowa Great Lakes for the 2013 Winter Games Jan. 25-27! Whether you went to the Chocolate Classic or the Polar Plunge, there was lots of smiles! Enjoy the faces of this year's Winter Games! [nggallery id=35]
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has found a small number of additional zebra mussels in the Iowa Great Lakes. The DNR released a press release this week about the discovery.
Last fall the lakes area was jolted awake by reports that Asian carp were found in East Okoboji and Spirit Lake. Both bighead and silver Asian carp were found, with the silver carp carrying the reputation as the "jumping fish". After several meetings with the Iowa...
Written by KYLE MUNSON’S IOWA, Des Moines Register Des Moines attorney Brent “Chris” Green has eagerly placed his faith and his fate in the hands of an Iowa jury for decades. He implicitly trusts the collective wisdom and common sense of fellow Iowans. “To me,...
KECY TV - Mankato Giant, flying fish may soon be a potential danger in the Minnesota River. Asian Carp have been present in the Missouri River system for some time, but during the floods in 2011 they made their way to lakes and streams in southwestern Minnesota. To...
Courtesy Mike Hawkins, Iowa DNR As you can see the footings for the new wing walls have been poured. The insulcrete mix is still causing some workability issues, but has improved since the initial pour on the building pad. I watched on Friday as the concrete got...
OKOBOJI, Iowa – One of Iowa’s larger shallow lakes will be the focus of a water quality improvement project that was born out of the historic drought of 2012. The 1,200-acre Trumbull Lake and its 1,000 acres of connected marshes, in Clay County, are nearly dry which...
By Mike Hawkins Iowa DNR Although no dirt has moved at the site of the new electric fish barrier, it doesn’t mean that things haven’t been moving forward. An engineering firm and manufacturer of electric fish barriers, Smith- Root Inc. of Vancouver Washington, was...
It was the perfect day for the Oktoberfest Bike Ride this year! Held every year on the last Saturday of September, hundreds of bikers gather at Arrowwood Resort in Okoboji for a 25-mile bike ride through the Iowa Great Lakes region. This year, Sept. 29, 2012, the...