• March 22, 2016, Kevin Endelman, swept over dam after falling out of boat anchored above the dam

Close Call on June 29, 2013: Two Charles City men survived a trip over a dam Saturday evening on the Cedar River. A pontoon boat being operated by Ryan Fisher, 25, lost power and floated over the dam at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Fisher and an unidentified passenger were rescued uninjured from a bridge pillar downstream by the Charles City Fire Department. Neither was wearing a life jacket and the boat had not yet been recovered [that] evening. (from Globe Gazette)