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Friday, September 30, 2011  The public is invited to an informational meeting Friday, Sept. 30, to discuss issues related to Wakonda State Park near La Grange.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011  KHQA was contacted by a local business owner from the Clarence Cannon Dam area who expressed concerns about reports of E. coli closing local beaches.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  Thursday was only the second time that lake has been open all summer.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  The swimming beach at Wakonda State Park near LaGrange plans to reopen on Aug. 19, 2010 at 10:00 am after being closed for several weeks because of high e coli bacteria levels.

Thursday, August 05, 2010  While it's good news for the Mississippi River, it's bad news for Wakonda State Park.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  According to the Missouri DNR, a lot of rain in parts of Northeast Missouri has elevated the bacteria in the water.

Friday, July 02, 2010  The lake at Wakonda State Park in Lewis County is now closed because of E. coli.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  Elevated E. coli levels were found at two northeast Missouri state park swimming beaches this week.