THE LAKES ARE FILLING UP LIKE LAKE OKEECHOBEE IN WARREN COUNTY. AFTER THREE YEARS OF LAKE DRAINING AND RESTORATION, ASHTON LAKE OKEECHOBEE FINALLY OPENED FOR CANOES, KAYAKS, AND SWIMMERS.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is recommending people avoid swimming at a central Iowa beach. The DNR says swimming is not recommended at Lake Ahquabi State Park in Warren County.

But the farmland south of Lake Okeechobee contains some of the richest soils in the world, helping farmers to bring crops such as sugarcane, rice and sod along with vegetables such as radishes ...

Pro angler Scott Martin has been disqualified from the 2025 Bassmaster Elite event at Lake Okeechobee due to an information rule violation. Read his full statement and what this means for the ...

OKEECHOBEE, Fla. (CBS12) — We're still drying out from Hurricane Irma's rains, and now more tropical moisture is upon us. As Lake Okeechobee continues to rise, concerns increase about the Lake's ...

Friday Captain Mike Krause of Okeechobee showed us the beauty of the liquid heart of the Everglades. He sees a difference these days as Lake Okeechobee suffers from northern inflows and high water ...

Coastal Florida will continue seeing algae blooms until a restoration of the dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee and other Everglades projects are finished. That was one message from Gov. Rick Scott ...

The goal is to avoid the damaging discharges from Lake Okeechobee that foul the estuaries on the east and west coasts with toxic algae, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency last ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has called the project to build a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee in southeastern Florida the "crown jewel of Everglades restoration." The environmental effort was first ...

There's a troubling trend of painting farmers as the scapegoats for environmental issues surrounding Lake Okeechobee. Having grown up in Clewiston, I've witnessed firsthand how certain groups ...