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The controversial drawdown plan on the Manitowish Chain of lakes will continue for at least two more years under an extended agreement between the DNR and Xcel Energy.
The parties signed a memorandum of understanding that will keep the water-management plan in place through 2023.
Each October, water levels on the 10-lake chain are drawn down three and a half feet by releasing water through the Rest Lake Dam.
That protects permanent docks, boathouses, and seawalls from winter ice damage.
However, it also disrupts the natural flow of the Manitowish River by flooding it in the fall instead of the spring.
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By Julia Bertino
Mar 4, 2021
(Undated) One of the major ice jams on the Platte River has broken apart, but another one still remains. The ice jam near Schuyler, that shut down Highway 15 earlier this week, has broken up and is no longer a threat to that area. However, the National Weather Service still has flood warnings in place in south-central Dodge County and north-central Saunders County due to another ice jam. The flood warning for those areas is set to expire at noon Friday.
“Flooding has been ongoing in the area for weeks,” the NWS alert states. Thursday’s NWS alert listed specifically affected areas as State Lakes south of West Military Avenue, Lake Leba, Leisure Lake, Rainbow Lake, Lakeview Woods, Summer Haven Lake, Fremont Lake, and Cynthia Lake. The alert also noted that water remains over Big Island Road, and at the Intersection of South Ridge Road and Ridgeland Avenue.