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Official Web site: Workers Open Lake Delton Highway
Officials: May Begin Refilling Lake Delton This Week
UPDATED: 12:45 pm CST December 1,
2008
LAKE DELTON, Wis. -- State transportation officials have reopened part of a highway washed away when Lake Delton vanished this summer.Heavy rains on June 9 tore a new channel from the lake to the Wisconsin River. The lake drained dry, taking homes and a section of County Highway A with it.The state Transportation Department has spent about $5 million on repairs since then. It's built a dam in front of the breach, filled the hole with new earth and a reinforcing wall and laid 650 feet of new highway on top.Bill Oliva was the project supervisor for the state.State and local officials hope to begin refilling the lake perhaps as early as this week.
Previous Stories:
- November 27, 2008: Highway Damaged In Lake Delton Flood Reopens
- November 13, 2008: Lake Delton Couple Alleges Village Destroyed Nest Egg
- October 14, 2008: Workers Begin To Restore Washed-Out Highway A
- October 8, 2008: No Reaction From State On Possible Lawsuit Over Lake Delton
- October 7, 2008: Lake Delton Homeowners Expand Possible Suit To Include DNR
- September 30, 2008: Lake Delton Spends $210,000 To Clear Dry Lake Bed
- September 29, 2008: Lake Delton Businesses Tally Summer Tourism Losses
- September 9, 2008: Workers Begin Rebuilding Highway A In Lake Delton
- September 8, 2008: Lawsuit Officially Presented To Lake Delton Village Board
- September 6, 2008: Lake Delton Officials Respond To Notice
- September 5, 2008: Lake Delton Disaster Victims Target Village For Possible Legal Action
- September 4, 2008: Doyle Signs Lake Delton Highway Reconstruction Contract
- August 29, 2008: Restoring Lake's Fish Population Is Latest Recovery Hurdle
- August 22, 2008: Family Who Lost Home In Lake Delton Breach Retrieves Items
- August 15, 2008: Insurance Claim Denied For Lake Delton Home That Went Into Water
- August 12, 2008: Group Gears Up For Wisconsin River Cleanup
- August 9, 2008: Wisconsin River Cleanup Will Cost Roughly $85,000
- August 2, 2008: Costs Of Wisconsin River Debris Cleanup From Lake Delton Set
- July 23, 2008: State To Condemn Land, Buy Lake Delton Parcels
- July 21, 2008: Crews Begin To Repair Lake Delton Dam
- July 20, 2008: Businesses Continue To Reel From Draining Of Lake Delton
- July 19, 2008: State Develops Proposal To Rebuild Highway, Restore Lake Delton
- July 14, 2008: Tommy Bartlett Show Struggles To Pack Show
- July 10, 2008: Fire Damages Mobile Homes Of Bartlett Show Workers
- June 27, 2008: Doyle Backs $250,000 To Boost Tourism For Flood-Ravaged Areas
- June 26, 2008: Homeowner Searches River For House That Washed Away
- June 25, 2008: Mount Morris Went Through Lake Restoration
- June 24, 2008: Village Aims To Restore Lake Delton By Spring
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