Lake Macbride State Park, a popular Johnson County swimming and boating spot, had high enough bacteria levels for the state to issue no-swim advisories 12 of 15 weeks of the summer. The Iowa ...

The Department of Natural Resources has made some changes at a state park beach in eastern Iowa in an effort to curb some recent problems. The DNR has changed the hours at Lake Macbride State Park ...

SOLON - What boaters and beachgoers will be allowed to do - or not do - this summer at Lake Macbride has been in the hands of lawmakers meeting more than 120 miles away. While the possibility of ...

SOLON, Iowa (KWWL) — The Iowa DNR have posted signs at beaches in the Lake MacBride area warning visitors of the toxins that were found in the water due to a large blue-green algae bloom last week.

Last week, the DNR did not recommend swimming at 10 Iowa beaches. The DNR monitors beaches for two sources of pollutants, E.

Most of Iowa’s state-owned beaches don’t have lifeguards on duty, according to officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. KCRG-TV reports one of those beaches is at Lake Macbride ...

Girl, who was 6 to 8 years old, was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics where she was pronounced dead. ... Girl drowns at Lake Macbride beach, officials confirm.

If you're wondering how many times Iowa beaches were unsafe for swimming, ... During week 11, no samples were collected at Lake MacBride, due to a drowning that occurred prior to testing, ...

SOLON, Iowa (AP) - Authorities intend to limit the number of people who can cool off at the Lake Macbride beach near Solon in eastern Iowa.

SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) - A Hiawatha woman was arrested Sunday after police said she was drinking and driving when she crashed into a tree at Lake Macbride beach. In a criminal complaint, police said ...

JOHNSON CO., Iowa (KCRG) - “It’s heartbreaking, I hate to see it,” said Paul Kline. That was the second drowning death Kline had seen just this summer at Lake Macbride.