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Okoboji beaches won't be dry this summer
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May. 14, 2010 7:20 am
A state panel has rejected an effort to ban alcohol at beaches at some state parks in the Okoboji area in northern Iowa over the Fourth of July holiday.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Director Richard Leopold pushed for the ban, saying the party "has escalated."
The state Natural Resources Commission on Thursday voted 4-3 against the ban, but commissioners left the door open to a ban in the future.
The lakes are one of Iowa's top vacation spots, especially for college students.
Park rangers say they'll bring in an Iowa State Patrol tactical unit to help keep order this July Fourth weekend at Gull Point State Park beach, where fights, public intoxication and nudity have been a growing problem.
-- Associated Press
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