Wisconsin dams are failing more frequently, a new report finds Oct 10, 2024, 9:10 AM FILE - The Root River, swollen from record-level rain, flows over the Horlick Dam in Racine, Wis., on June 8, 2008.

Since 2000, more dams have failed in Wisconsin than in almost any other state, a new report has found, raising questions about how they will fare under more frequent and severe rain events driven by ...

Five PL-566 dams in Vernon, La Crosse and Monroe counties failed during an intense 2018 storm. Now officials weigh whether 23 similar dams need to go. After Wisconsin dams failed in a massive ...

Tom Rieple is the captain of the "Best Dam Fishing Float," which is located next to Lock and Dam No. 7 near Dresbach, Minn. The float has a bait, tackle and snack shop and plenty of room to fish from.

The Horlick Dam likely can't handle a 100-year storm. That's been known for six years. The U.S. Corps of Engineers is now coming in for a study of what exactly ...

Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the second-highest total for that period behind only South Carolina, the Wisconsin Policy Form said in a report released Thursday.

Wisconsin Dams Are Failing More Frequently, a New Report Finds Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger ...

Wisconsin is seeing more frequent dam failures in another sign that the storms blowing through the state are growing stronger. Wisconsin recorded 34 dam failures from 2000 through 2023, the second ...