A three-man commercial dive team, hired by the Rock-Koshkonong Lake District (RKLD), conducted a search on Saturday (Aug. 24) of the Rock River bed beneath the County Highway M/F Bridge at Indianford.
According to RKLD Commissioner and newly appointed Dam Committee member Mike Shumaker, GOE, with Midwest headquarters in Davenport, Iowa, was hired, in part, after citizens living near the Indianford Dam and Bridge contacted RKLD board members, alleging, he said, “chunks of concrete were falling in (to the river)” while the bridge underwent deck reconstruction last year.
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