Article: Visit the Dells, businesses urge; Cancellations common since Lake Delton drained; owners say much is still open

Lake Delton -- The beach at Baker's Sunset Bay Resort is bigger than it used to be, Lake Delton Water Sports has plenty of boats to rent and tourists are flocking here to see the new attraction.

That's the good news.

The downside is that much of Sunset Bay's beach used to lie underneath Lake Delton, which, until last week Monday, was filled with pontoons, fishing boats and wave runners rented by Lake Delton Water Sports.

Now, judging by the gawkers lining the bridge through town, a dried-up Lake Delton is getting its picture taken much more often than when it looked like pretty much every lake in Wisconsin.

While some tourism business was flushed away along with the lake when a breach opened ...

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