No charges in fatal Coralville Lake boating accident
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources announced on Friday that there will be no charges filed in a boating accident that killed a 12-year-old Fairfield girl on Coralville Lake back in May.Sarah...
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Despite heavy rains, Coralville Lake still has capacity to spare
Water is released from the Coralville Dam out at Coralville Lake in Coralville on Monday, July 5, 2010. Although the max outflow is usually 6,000 cubic feet per second, water is currently being...
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Coralville Lake levels falling; outflow rising
Tom Bryant, of Tipton, (left) answers a question from his granddaughter, Brittany Ann Crowley, 10, of West Branch as they watch the outflow of the water released out of the Coralville Dam in Coralville...
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Water still rising on Wapsi, Coralville Lake, but no crises so far
Water rises in the Scales Pointe campground near the Coralville Lake Thursday, July 8, 2010. (Jami Brinton/The Gazette)Water levels are still rising in many Eastern Iowa lakes and rivers, but the...
View ArticleHomers: What’s going right
REVIEW DUE: Gov. Chet Culver appropriately called for a review of Army Corps of Engineers’ reservoir policies that govern such facilities. John Castle, operations manager at the Coralville Reservoir,...
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Johnson County wants review of Coralville Lake management plan
Water tops the Coralville Lake spillway on June 15, 2008.The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to send a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers asking for a review of...
View ArticleCoralville visitor numbers suffering with high water
High water and persistent rain are keeping visitors away from Coralville Lake in eastern Iowa this summer.And businesses fear it’s only going to get worse when a major road project starts next...
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Operations manager says Coralville Lake levels are normal
Coralville Reservoir dam aerial from October 1998.Despite signs warning boaters of shallow waters, Operations Manager John Castle said Coralville Lake is at its normal level for this time of year.“It’s...
View ArticleDrivers in for bumpy ride to Coralville Lake
Drivers heading to Coralville Lake for the Memorial Day weekend could be in for a bumpy ride. A large section of West Overlook Road Northeast remains under construction heading into the holiday. The...
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Bumpy road to greet some Coralville Lake visitors
A resurfacing project on West Overlook Road NE in rural Johnson County near the Coralville Reservoir has resulted in a bumpy road that turns muddy after rainfall. The Army Corps of Engineers had hoped...
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7 added to Coralville Lake’s Veterans Trail
Jimmie Thoson receives a framed certificate from Shawn McGinley, Commander of the Rock Island District Army Corps of Engineers as Retired Major General Robert Sentman speaks during the Veterans Trail...
View ArticleBackers end plans for long-delayed Muslim youth camp at Coralville Lake
NORTH LIBERTY – A Muslim youth camp will not be built at Coralville Lake, ending more than a decade of delays and controversy over the proposed project.Muslim Youth Camps of America a month ago told...
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Local, state officials hope to learn from Missouri River flooding
Flood waters from the nearby Missouri River cover a county highway, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, in Hamburg, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Dave Wilson, Johnson County’s emergency management...
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Second man arrested for alleged campground sexual assault
Thomas R. AunerA second man has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a woman at a campground this week.Thomas R. Auner, 49, of 640 Berkshire Lane in North Liberty, was arrested Thursday and...
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Mussel survey scheduled to take place in light of Coralville Dam repair work
mussels After waters receded from the catastrophic the flood of 2008, an extensive inspection of the Coralville dam was conducted by the US Army Corps of Engineers to ensure that the integrity of the...
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Local church members help others on Labor Day
Steven Anderson, 53, of Iowa City, helps to make a birthday bag for the Johnson County Crisis Center on Monday.Members of one Iowa City church took advantage of the holiday by gathering at the...
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Construction and mussels study begin at Coralville Lake
White heelsplitter mussels are sorted before counting and measuring on the first day of the mussel survey on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, on the Iowa River below the Coralville Lake Dam. (Liz...
View ArticleThousands of pounds of fish expected to be pulled from Coralville Dam
UPDATED @3:10 on 09/08/11Commercial fisherman at Coralville Dam may have to wait until Friday before getting to the estimated 30-40 thousand pounds of fish trapped near the outflow gate. John Castle,...
View Article“Six foot catfish” not found at Coralville Dam
After three days of draining an area around the Coralville dam, crews can finally move on with a much needed restoration project. Dozens of spectators watched as the final few feet of water was pumped...
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Pelicans take center stage on Coralville Lake
pelicansThe wonderful bird with the capacious bill and the name that requires clever rhymes like “belly can” will be formally celebrated for the first time in Eastern Iowa on Sunday.After 10 years at...
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