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Anna Betts

Minnesota works to replenish lake level after draining from mechanical failure

lake surrounded by trees
Lake Alice in Minnesota. Photograph: Minnesota State Parks and Trails

Minnesota officials are working to restore water to one of the state’s lakes after “a mechanical failure of the water control structure” there caused it to drain significantly over the weekend.

In a statement on Monday, the Minnesota department of natural resources (DNR) said that it was responding to the issue at Lake Alice in William O’Brien state park while noting that the malfunction in question had resulted in a “significant drawdown of the lake level”.

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