Project stabilized Indianford Dam

Janesville Gazette

...Concerns were raised June 12 by the dam’s maintenance contractor, who lives nearby, said Brian Christianson, chairman of the lake district board.

The district owns the dam, but the county owns the parkland on either side. Both entities agreed they needed to do something.

In the space of six hours Friday, workers built dikes on either side of the dam, said Rock County Public Works Director Ben Coopman.

Meanwhile, rumors circulated that the dam had failed, which brought people to the site to see the “damage,” Christianson said.

“But what they see is several hundred tons of rock there that is protecting our shoreline, and I know we did the right thing,” Christianson said.

...A rough estimate of the cost of the work is $30,000.