swimming

The CDC has an embarrassing theme for anyone thinking of getting in their Missouri swimming pool.

Well, I've got good news and I've got bad news. A Missouri lake that has been considered the most dangerous in America for a very long time no longer holds that title. The bad news? It's still very close to the top.

I'm not sure this is much of a secret, but I would agree with many who say they've discovered Missouri's best swimming hole. At the very least, it has to be near the top of the water fun list.

It's unanimously considered the best swimming lake in Missouri hands down. But, extreme caution is necessary if you spend time in its waters as it also happens to be the most dangerous lake in America.

Wanna get away? I found an option. It's a rustic cabin hidden away in the woods near Camp Point and it includes a lake filled with fish.

There are enough dangers when swimming that you can see and hopefully avoid. However, there's one danger that's rare but real and it happened to a Missouri swimmer who was infected with a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a lake in Iowa.

Back-to-school season is underway. When does school start in Hannibal, Missouri?

The Quincy Family YMCA is excited to announce the Quincy Family YMCA Dolphins swim team! Children ages 5 to 21 are welcome. Participants must be a member of the YMCA to join. Swimmers will practice at the YMCA and on the Chaddock campus as a group and travel to meets throughout the area. Dr. Eldon Frazier and his wife Michelle are the coaches as well as Bethany Nannen Miller, the YMCA Aquatics Coo

Summertime is just a few short days away which means fun in the sun and fun in the water. But what is in that water you are swimming in? A survey just released says that one in five people will pee in the swimming pool. Some people are using the pool as thier own special toilet bowl...