Polk County, FWC closer to finalizing swim area in party-prone portion of Lake Winterset

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County leaders said Tuesday they are closer to getting a swim area/vessel exclusion zone approved by the state of Florida.

The plan aims to prevent partying, loud music and trespassing in an area of Lake Winterset, which has been a popular spot for, sometimes unruly, boaters for years.

“You’re going to go and horseplay and be violent, there’s no place for that at all in the county,” said commissioner Michael Scott during Tuesday’s county commission meeting…

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