Lake Zumbro

It's been providing power-- as well as a lovely lake-- here in southeast Minnesota for over a century now. But how much do you know about the Lake Zumbro Dam?

It appears everyone involved in a scary incident on Lake Zumbro yesterday escaped serious injury.

A dike at the site of the Lake Zumbro dredging project breached Friday and an unknown amount of water flowed back into the lake.

With the pending loss of Fisherman’s Inn, a popular longtime event held near the restaurant is facing an uncertain future.

A Rochester woman is lucky she wasn’t seriously hurt or worse after being involved in a late night snowmobile wreck.

The Rochester Public Utilities Board has formally rejected a request for additional funding for the Lake Zumbro restoration project.

The long-anticipated dredging of Lake Zumbro is going to cost more than expected and that has prompted a request for additional funds from Olmsted County and other entities involved in the lake restoration project, including property owners along the lake.

The Olmsted County Board has agreed to buy some land that will be used for the Lake Zumbro dredging project at a cost of $8,000 per acre.

Rochester, MN  (KROC AM News) - Rochester Public Utilities says the recent warm weather has contributed to high water at Lake Zumbro.

Oronoco, MN  (KROC AM News) - The owner of the Fisherman’s Inn restaurant at Lake Zumbro scared off a burglar early Sunday, but not before he made off with some money.

At 7:45 Dennis Bosma will be talking about the Wild Game Feed to benefit Lake Zumbro.
The first Wednesday of the month and Ed Hruska will stop in with an update from the Rochester Amateur Sports Commission.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The Rochester Public Utilities Board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a recommendation dealing with its financial support of the Lake Zumbro improvement project.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - The Olmsted County Board Tuesday narrowly approved a financial contribution to help pay for the Lake Zumbro restoration project - but also passed another motion that prohibits any more funding.

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) The funding of a long-planned proposal to dredge Lake Zumbro is still up in the air but a decision by the Olmsted County Board may come by the end of July.