Emmet County, Iowa — Crews will soon begin shoring up the shoreline at a state-owned lake in northwest Iowa. Ingham Lake in Emmet County is east of Wallingford. Iowa Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Rob Patterson says the project is focused on about a quarter mile of shoreline on the north side of the lake.
Some trees will be removed to give crews access to the shore. The project may periodically limit public access to areas around the lake.
Ingham Lake is one of the 34 natural lakes in Iowa that were formed by retreating glaciers. European settlers in the area called it Mud Lake, but it was renamed in 1950 for Captain William Ingham. Ingham, who was a soldier, land surveyor and banker, was an early settler in neighboring Kossuth County.
