Fish stocking begins on Wisconsin's Lake Delton

Chicago Tribune

...Ten months ago, driving thunderstorms blew out a section of Lake Delton's shoreline. The man-made lake rushed through the new ravine to the Wisconsin River, leaving behind a pit of weeds, stumps and mud. Tourists stayed away. Business owners hung their heads and counted their losses.

...The dam held, but the water washed away a sandy portion of shoreline separating the lake from the Wisconsin River. The lake poured through the new 700-foot channel to the river, taking a portion of County Highway A and five shoreline homes with it. Video of the homes cracking apart and plunging into the crevasse was broadcast worldwide.

...State workers spent $5.1 million to build a reinforced dam and lay a new section of highway across the breach. The road opened in December.