After last summer's floods that caused damages to homes and roads, the city of Manawa is still seeking funding to replace the 100-year-old dam.

The mayor of Manawa, Mike Frazier, says they requested funds in the state budget to help cover costs to build a new dam. Around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, he was told the city didn’t secure any ...

Manawa's city engineer has reviewed the dam's overall condition and determined it to be "severely deteriorated and not structurally sound for long-term operation." As a result, the city says it ...

Importantly, no one was killed in those failures, and none resulted in more than $100,000 worth of property damage. The failure of the Manawa dam could change the latter, the report notes, which ...

Manawa city officials met with State Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara and State Representative Kevin Peterson to discuss the replacement of its dam as well as possible opportunities for funding.

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin has seen 18 dam breaches since 2018, including one earlier this year where a dam in Manawa was breached and a state of emergency was declared by Gov. Tony Evers ...

The mayor of Manawa, Mike Frazier, says they requested funds in the state budget to help cover costs to build a new dam. Around 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, he was told the city didn’t secure any ...

Wisconsin has more than 4,000 dams, from small earthen ones to large ones that generate electricity. Threats to their infrastructure were thrust into the spotlight when a dam in Manawa failed in ...