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Article: WATERSHED MOMENT WITH REPAIRS DONE, WATER IS EXPECTED TO START REFILLING LAKE DELTON.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- December 5, 2008
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Byline: BARRY ADAMS badams@madison.com * 608-252-6148
LAKE DELTON -- Finally. After a summer of no swimming, boating, water-skiing or fishing, water and hope are returning to Lake Delton.
Almost six months after the 267-acre lake drained into the Wisconsin River during a massive flood, water was expected to flow over the Mirror Lake dam late Thursday or early today, flowing into Dell Creek and onto the stump- and grass-covered bed of Lake Delton.
Most hope to never again see the bottom, unless they are in the shallows, splashing with grandchildren or sight fishing for spawning bass.
Millions of dollars in improvements and repairs are ...