The ongoing drought means weeks of lake levels dropping across central Illinois, but the recent rain has been good news.

With lake levels low in Lake Decatur, the city of Decatur is offering cleanup assistance for anyone with lakeside properties.

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Lake Decatur’s water level is continuing to drop, and the City of Decatur is now implementing stricter water rationing measures. Central Illinois has seen below-average rainfall ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Lake Decatur may be frozen over now, but in a few months, people will be racing power boats on the water for the first time in 20 years. The Decatur Park District is celebrating ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — For the first time in two decades, boat races are returning to Lake Decatur — starting with Hardy’s Highway Race for the Lake. As race day revs up in less than two weeks, ...

DECATUR - Property along Lake Decatur has long been hard to come by. With few areas left to build along the lake, developers are looking to make the most of what is left. A relative of Mueller Co.

Spend dollars up on dredging, cubic yards moved down. Combined with a reduction in the USACE federal budget, the situation threatens a perfect storm for domestic requirements. U.S. dredging this ...

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is considering options to deal with thousands of invasive Asian carp that are clustering near the base of the Lake Decatur dam.

DECATUR - The answer this week to the question, "What's Biting?" is still white bass. The suggested destination last week was Lake Shelbyville. But, try Lake Decatur for white bass if smaller lakes ...