Emergency repairs to the Lake Manatee Dam are underway in hopes of fixing it before the 2025 hurricane season ramps up.

Keystone Lake is sitting more than 20 feet above normal, causing some flooding in the area. 2 News’ Naomi Keitt found it’s also bringing a lot of onlookers to the dam.

The decision to reduce flows is expected to affect downstream fisheries and electricity production for the rest of June.

The dam, roughly four miles west of Watson, Minnesota, will adjust its water output into the Minnesota River on Friday, June 20.

BURLINGTON — Saving Echo Lake by upgrading a city-owned dam would require extending an above-ground retaining wall about 200 feet into nearby Veterans Park, city officials said Tuesday.

Scientists and officials across north-central Florida support the river's restoration, citing both economic and environmental ...

BRADENTON, Fla. — The utilities director and deputy administrators for Manatee County will be leading a tour Wednesday of the Lake Manatee Dam in hopes of answering questions about dam ...