Months, even years spent in discussions came to a reality Tuesday morning as workers with Precise Pile Driving Inc., Fort Recovery, Ohio, moved in equipment and began work on improvements to the Syracuse Lake Control Structure, or Syracuse Dam.

SYRACUSE — It’s been close to two years since discussions were held publicly about how to finance repairs needed to the Syracuse Flood Control Structure, also known as the Syracuse Memorial Dam. Since then a committee of representatives from the Syracuse Lake Association, Wawasee Property Owners Association and Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation was formed to …read more.