Dredging The West Side . . . of Lake Manawa are two dredges operated by Robers Dredging of La Crosse, Wis. Completion of the $4.5 million dredging project has been delayed and now is slated for the end of November.
Open For Business . . . is the new Lake Manawa Patrol Station at the south end of the lake near the docks. Bill Cunard, Iowa Conservation Commission water aide, discusses his work with his boss, Mick Thomas, ICC state water officer. Boats are checked…
Signs Come Down . . . about the state park so they can be repaired and freshened up for next season. Ranger Reisinger loosens the bolts that hold a sign near the Eleventh Street entrance. Other seasonal chores include attending many meetings for…
Saying Goodbye . . . to Lake Manawa by taking a walk along its shore are Park Ranger Gary Silver and his three daughters, Amy, Rachel and Cindy. Silver is being transferred to Ledges State Park near Boone after six years of managing Lake Manawa State…
The Master Plan . . . of the redevelopment of Lake Manawa is shown here in a diagram prepared by Crose-Gardner Associates of Des Moines. The plan, which includes renovation of camping and fishing areas, reforestation of shorelines, new park…
Lake Manawa . . . is all but deserted now. The thousands of swimmers, boaters and picnickers who used its facilities during the summer are gone. Only a few fishermen now dot its shores.
Dredged areas of Lake Manawa (1) are easily seen in this air photo, taken from a height of 10,000 feet. Areas designated as No. 2 are those which will be dredged if Council Bluffs raises the balance of its $25,000 pledged for the project. The…
Mark Ward, left, of 3601 Ronald Rd., and LeVerne Hansen, 3510 John St., traipse through the mud at Malmore Acres Saturday as they follow other volunteers down William Street. Residents tried to direct standing water toward a drainage ditch on the…
Studio On The Hilltop . . . Perched high on the top of a hill in Council Bluffs stands the original studio of KOIL. When this studio was built, 11 years ago, it was the only radio station in the United States to occupy a building of its own. KOIL…