The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved funding Thursday to restore Lake Dehli in northeast Iowa, which drained in 2010 when floodwaters breached its dam.

Two requests for funding were submitted by the Lake Delhi Recreation Facility and the Water Quality District in Delaware Country, but both were rejected and the lake’s restoration remained uncertain, locked in a series of appeals until today.

“We’re very happy about the final outcome of this,” said Steve Leonard, president of the lake district. “We don’t know truly yet what it means, to what extent.”

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