Created: June 02, 2021 11:43 AM
(ABC 6 NEWS) - As the weather gets warmer more swimming options are opening in Rochester. Cascade Lake was the only place to cool off in town last summer. This year it's back open, but there are some changes.
The lake was open all summer long last year, but this year it is only open Friday afternoons through Sundays due to mining on the lake.
"It's actually a dredging operation they suck the sand and the sediment off the bottom of the lake that is put in that big pile over there and the water drains out and it is good, clean sand that they can use for construction whether it is fill material or concrete," said Rochester Parks and Forestry Division, Michael Nigbur.