STOVER, Mo. (AP) — Divers have found the body of a missing boater in the Lake of the Ozarks.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 73-year-old Dennis Jaeger, of Mexico, Missouri, fell...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A gathering at the Lake of the Ozarks is bringing tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to Missouri, generating worry that the state’s already fast-growing number of...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have found a body in a Kansas lake while searching for a missing kayaker.

Emergency crews began looking Sunday in Lake Fort Scott for 19-year-old Raymond...

MENDON, Vt. (AP) — A new $6 million forest supervisor’s headquarters building for the Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests is slated to be built on National Forest land in Mendon next...

EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Residents who lost their lakes when dams collapsed in mid-Michigan could be getting expensive long-term bills to restore them.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three family members who run a northern Minnesota resort are accused of illegally catching and selling a prized bait fish which generated thousands of dollars in profits over...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A woman was attacked by an alligator Thursday morning while trimming trees near a lake in Florida, officials said.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About two dozen Hurricane Laura evacuees and their advocates marched through the streets of New Orleans on Thursday to protest what they called the “slow response” from the...

HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — An 86-year-old St. Louis man has died after his car rolled into a lake.

The accident happened Wednesday afternoon at Lake Tishomingo in Jefferson County. Authorities...

PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal authority has put out a call for bids on a $2 billion package of water supply projects aimed at combating a drought that affects the fresh water lakes that...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's Great Salt Lake is shrinking every year, but experts are implementing measures to slow the water loss, a new report said.

PORTAGE LAKE, Maine (AP) — The federal government is providing more than $400,000 to help five Maine snowmobile clubs maintain the trails snowmobilers use in the winter.

SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) — Two teenage brothers drowned Sunday in Spanaway Lake, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.

The names of the boys, ages 14 and 15, have not been...

CENTRAL LAKE, Mich. (AP) — A northern Michigan lake that’s famous for its turquoise waters is facing an outbreak of brown algae that’s left its sandy bottom covered with mushy, squishy mats....

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An invasive aquatic plant — first detected in southeastern Michigan in 1996 — has been found in four inland lakes in Washtenaw and Jackson counties.

COLCHESTER, Vt. (AP) — The two paddlewheels from the second commercial steamboat that sailed Lake Champlain more than two centuries ago have been found on the bottom of the lake, officials...

HAYS, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified a college student from South Carolina as the victim of a drowning earlier this week at a Kansas lake.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Five members of a Louisiana family have died after a generator leaked carbon monoxide into their home, hours after they survived Hurricane Laura's deadly winds and storm...

CASCO, Maine (AP) — A Brunswick man has died while being towed on a tube behind a pontoon boat on Sebago Lake, Maine authorities said.

Corey Wilcox, 37, was not wearing a life jacket and...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A new 300-room hotel and conference center could open on state property at Lake Lanier by 2023.

Lake Lanier Islands Management Co., which leases state property at the...

Kalispell, Mont. (AP) — The Canadian Federal Government recently announced it will perform a separate environmental review of a proposed coal mine expansion in the Elk Valley that many...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A $47 million Alaska water diversion project is expected to increase flow to a lake and eventually help generate low-cost power for utility customers.

FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — A Farmington man has drowned in southeastern Missouri's Hager Lake, according to police there.

Authorities first learned of the drowning Tuesday morning when a person...

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — Crews will remove chunks of junk from a Michigan lake that was used as a dump as part of a $3.1 million restoration project.

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Crews have pulled the body of a 5-year-old girl from a western Missouri lake, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported.

DETROIT (AP) — The first phase of a $4.9 million outdoor enhancement project at Belle Isle’s Dossin Great Lakes Museum has been completed.

LAKE MARY, Fla. (AP) — An alligator hunter was attacked and bitten on the arm Thursday night on Lake Jesup in central Florida, sheriff's officials said.