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You Can’t Make This Up! The Wildest Stories From Lake Of The Ozarks In 2025

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2025's Top Stories - Wildest

There’s never a shortage of stories at Lake of the Ozarks, but some moments are impossible to forget. In 2025, a handful of truly wild situations stood out — and more than a few involved the weather.

From bizarre to jaw-dropping, these are the 10 craziest stories published by the LakeExpo news team this year.

10. Commissioner Charged With Felonies

... over removing a license plate reader in Camden County. However, Ike Skelton's plea deal with the state resulted in the dropping of those two felony charges in October. 

9. Will The Lake Eat Your Brain? 

When a man died of an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba, the Missouri Department of Health made a public connection to Lake of the Ozarks... and despite every warm body of fresh water in the country having these amoebas, the results could be seen in the comment section. We love the Lake, so we mustered a defense...

8. A Seriously Stuck, Stuck Truck

A semi-truck jammed traffic at the Lake for days in November because roundabout construction triggered a change of plans.

7. Massive Spring Fires Tear Through The Lake

Unfortunately, multiple homes and buildings were damaged by March fires. Over 500 acres burned, fed by dry, powerful winds. 

6. Lake House Deck Collapses

A third-story deck collapsed at a home on Horseshoe Bend one June morning, and 10 people were hurt. (On that note... Need a sturdy deck at the Lake house? Contact Lakeview Steel Decking: 573-557-4330.)

5. Easter Storms Bring A... Is That A Tornado?

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It was a wild Easter Sunday in April. As pastors were wrapping up their sermons, phones began sounding with Tornado Warning alerts. Authorities say a tornado was dipping up and down as a storm line ripped across the Lake area. Check out the video of the tornado-like cloud in Camdenton!

4. Parking Lot Collapses Into Lake

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While many commenters pointed out it wasn't technically a mudslide (okay...), heavy rain sent a concrete wall at Ozark Oaks Apartments plunging down a hillside into the Lake. Thankfully no vehicles went into the water, and it has since been fixed!

3. Arctic Glacier Washes Ashore

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Michelle Meyer took to Facebook March 25, sharing some interesting photos with the caption: "Look what the wind drug in!!!" It was an Arctic Glacier ice cooler, allowing us to write the headline we never dreamed of:

2. Summer Fireworks Get Cancelled

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Lake of the Ozarks thrives during the summer, especially during the major holidays: Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day. But they weren't quite the same without firework shows. That's not to say there weren't any. But the big ones got axed.

1. Fire Destroys A Lake Mansion

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A home around the 6 Mile Marker caught fire on an extremely dry and windy December day. Photos and video show the mansion burning... and thankfully no one was hurt. 

Just because it's the Lake and there's no shortage of wildness, here are a few more bizarre stories from 2025:


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