With a great trail and a beautiful beach, Lake MacBride State Park is the place to spend a summer day in Iowa. You can hike ...

Lake Macbride, a 940-acre lake with a maximum depth of 45 feet, developed a harmful algal bloom in mid-June, Park Manager Ron Puettmann said.

The Lake Macbride Conservancy tagline, "Promoting safe recreation," involves politics — more than members of the group expected. When Lake Macbride State Park was dedicated on May 30, 1934, Dr ...

This is the second drowning at Lake MacBride this summer and searching the waters can be difficult. “Just being a Lake right, you can’t see through the water the varying depths,” she said.

Since Lake Macbride was a state park, it’s under the jurisdiction of the Iowa DNR. We asked if that beach needs lifeguards. It said public beaches in Iowa don’t use lifeguards, ...

Lake Macbride State Park is starting the summer with a warning: Do not swim in the water. Park officials issued the recommendation after detecting higher levels of toxins last week indicating blue ...

Authorities searched the lake for hours. Using sonar, crews were able to locate the bodies of 23-year-old Willie Davis and 29-year-old Suad Al-Yasiri, both of Cedar Rapids.

The seventh annual Lake MacBride Fattire Classic was held near Solon at the Lake MacBride Golf Course on Saturday. The race raised $11,000 for the Solon Centennial Lions Club. The funds will be used ...

Cyclists braved the cold and flurries near Lake Macbride State Park on Saturday, Feb. 8 for the Lake Macbride Fat Tire Classic, an annual bike event bringing cyclists from across the state to Solon.

SOLON - Harmful algae that bloomed at Lake Macbride earlier this month, turning the water to a murky green, caused the first-ever swim advisory for microcystins at the popular beach. The spike in ...

This is the second drowning at Lake MacBride this summer and searching the waters can be difficult. “Just being a Lake right, you can’t see through the water the varying depths,” she said.