Beneath the serene surface of Lake Red Rock lies a forgotten chapter of Iowa's past, waiting to be revealed.

Iowa Highway 14 over Lake Red Rock will be closed for up to six months as the Iowa Department of Transportation works to improve bridge conditions.

A detour will follow Iowa 163, County Road T17 and Iowa 92 in both directions, according to Iowa DOT.

Iowa State University professor and researcher Stephen Dinsmore holds up a pectoral sandpiper with a GPS tracker at Lake Red Rock in 2024.

Pectoral sandpipers hunt for food in the mud flats of Lake Red Rock, a flood-control reservoir about 25 miles southeast of Des Moines. Photo by Stephen Dinsmore/Iowa State University. Nonstop flights ...

The Marion County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday identified the body of a Des Moines duck hunter who was found dead in Lake Red Rock as 37-year-old Matthew Lew Bettes. Sheriff's officials, the Iowa ...

The body of a Des Moines duck hunter whose boat began taking on water was found in Lake Red Rock on Sunday by the Marion County sheriff and a deputy. Sheriff's officials, the Iowa Department of ...

MARION COUNTY, Iowa — People in Marion County can now cool off at the beaches at Lake Red Rock again. The Army Corps of Engineers reopened North Overlook and Whitebreast beaches Tuesday.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Two beaches at Lake Red Rock are closed as of Wednesday, July 3 as water levels continue to rise, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District announced. North ...

Lake Red Rock is among many other bodies of water in Iowa affected by recent heavy rainfall. In the Des Moines metro, , when the reservoir's elevation stood at 782.67 feet.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Two beaches at Lake Red Rock are closed as of Wednesday, July 3 as water levels continue to rise, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District announced. North Overlook ...