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A new speed rule is coming to Lake Minnetonka next year, with the goal of making the lake safer and preventing erosion.

The Lake Minnetonka Conservation District has released the details of a new ordinance that would impose tougher wake restrictions on the water. "It doesn't go far enough," said one neighbor.

Opponents call for banning wakesurfing within 700 feet of shore while advocates say more education is the answer.

Wake boats are especially trendy right now, but critics say they're loud and damage the environment. But how to keep everyone happy, is still up in the air.

Wake surfing on Minnesota lakes has become more popular every summer, but there's growing concern about what the big waves do to the water and the shoreline.

Surfs up in Minnesota, wipeout ahead Wakesurf boats are disrupting shores, lake bottoms and other boaters.  By Ron Way Text size Copy shortlink: Another invasive species is showing up on recreational lakes, one that could become more insidious than zebra mussels or curly pondweed. Theyre brightly colored, ear-pounding loud and more powerful than most cars. Unlike pondweed, these things affect lake bottoms, lake surfaces and lakeshores. Theyr...

Wake boats are churning controversy around Lake Minnetonka Katy Read, Star Tribune At a recent meeting of the Midwest Wakesurf Association, co-leader Andy Weigman had some good news to share: Wake boats have been less noisy this year, hed been told — by the leader of an organization that usually complains about them. "It looks like were making a positive impact," Weigman told about 20 association members gathered in a backroom of the Excelsior Brewing Co. The association has a...