News

Corps of Engineers Changing Releases from Gavins Point Dam in Response to River Flooding

Corps of Engineers Changing Releases from Gavins Point Dam in Response to River Flooding

Photo: WNAX


The Corps of Engineers are making change to releases from Gavins Point Dam in response to flooding rains across eastern South Dakota.
John Remus, Chief of the Missouri River Water Basin Management Office in Omaha, says they will be looking at the flooding during the weekend…

Releases have been running at seventy thousand cubic feet per second for several weeks.

Remus says they are trying to avoid flooding highways near Omaha…

Remus says they plan to step up releases from Gavins Point next week….

Remus says flood storage in the upstream reservoirs has increased about three hundred thousand-acre feet in the past few days.

Recent Headlines

23 hours ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA FLU PREVENTION, STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST OFFERS INSIGHT

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – With the colder weather and more time indoors, families are sharing their love…

23 hours ago in Local

BILL RESTRICTS FOREIGN OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRIC FACILITIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA

PIERRE, S.D. (Michael Doorn / KELO News) – The House and Energy Committee passed two bills unanimously on Friday, one…

23 hours ago in Local

STATE NEEDS TO SPEND $106 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS BY END OF YEAR

PIERRE, S.D. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota must spend $106 million in remaining pandemic relief by the…

2 days ago in Local

AS STUDENT VIOLENCE RISES, STATE WANTS DISTRICTS TO HAVE OPTIONS

PIERRE, S.D. (Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch) – Whether caused by the pervasiveness of social media, an increase…

2 days ago in Local

LAWMAKERS WORRY ABOUT FEASIBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY OF RURAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION PLAN

PIERRE, S.D. (Makenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s workforce shortage and federal limitations on a $189.5 million…