A prescribed burn is planned near the Lake Decatur dam. Between March 18 and March 20, the City of Decatur is planning a ...

DECATUR — While Lake Decatur has been an asset to the city since it was created in the early 1920s, its importance has evolved in recent years as officials begin to see it as a source of more than ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — With lake levels low in Lake Decatur, the city of Decatur is offering cleanup assistance for anyone with lakeside properties. The city said it will collect debris and items ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Lake Decatur may be frozen over now, but in a few months, people will be racing power boats on the water for the first time in 20 years. The Decatur Park District is celebrating ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — For the first time in two decades, boat races are returning to Lake Decatur — starting with Hardy’s Highway Race for the Lake. As race day revs up in less than two weeks, ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Recent rainfall is benefitting water levels in Lake Decatur, which previously dropped drastically during the ongoing drought. Public Works Director Mike Newel said the levels ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — People soaking up the sun by Lake Decatur may notice more boats on the water this summer. Pier 36 has been growing over the past couple of years, and they just added 60 new ...

DECATUR — If you've noticed the level of Lake Decatur is a bit lower recently, don't worry. “The lake was extremely full until about a month ago,” said Keith Alexander, city of Decatur water ...

Spend dollars up on dredging, cubic yards moved down. Combined with a reduction in the USACE federal budget, the situation threatens a perfect storm for domestic requirements. U.S. dredging this ...

That’s one of the reason’s Rob Lipic purchased the Standing Paddle Co., a recreational water business located near Nelson Park. “This is a beautiful scene,” he said looking out across the lake. “And ...