Cedar Falls working to improve safety of low-head dam

CEDAR FALLS (AP) — Officials in Cedar Falls are beginning work they hope will improve safety at a low-head dam on the Cedar River. The city is using $50,000 from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to pay for designs and permits that will lead to future work on the dam, according to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. A number of Iowa communities have such dams, which can be dangerous because they create ...