YANKTON, S.D. (KTIV) - Gavins Point Dam is the last line of defense along the Missouri River when it comes to flood mitigation. But how exactly does that work? Anyone living here in 2011 remembers the ...

YANKTON, S.D. (KTIV) - Earlier this summer, more than a dozen communities in Northwest Iowa and Southeast South Dakota were flooded after heavy rain fell across the upper Midwest. Flood waters rose ...

May 18, 2023 May 18, 2023 Updated May 18, 2023 0 The Gavins Point Dam, which cost $51 million to build, is 8,700 feet long and 74 feet high. In this October 2019 photo, the swollen Missouri River is ...

OMAHA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin to decrease water releases from Gavins Point Dam to the winter rate later this month. Releases from the dam near Yankton, South Dakota, currently ...

Missouri River releases from Gavins Point Dam west of Yankton will be reduced in late November as flow support to downstream ...

At 8 a.m. Wednesday, the gates at Gavins Point Dam will close with all releases passing though the powerhouse. Releases have been lowered from 24,000 cubic feet per second to 20,000 cfs, according to ...

OMAHA, Neb. (KCAU) — Gavins Point Dam will be lowering its releases due to excessive rainfall this week. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, due to rainfall in eastern South Dakota, ...

OMAHA, Neb. (KCAU) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has started to reduce the releases at Gavins Point Dam for the winter ...

While drought conditions continue in Mid-Missouri, widespread rains along the upper reaches of the Missouri River prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to announce Tuesday they would continue ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It was a dramatic sight Friday morning at Gavins Point Dam west of Yankton, as white-cap waves on Lewis and Clark Lake crashed into the dam, splashing up and over the ...

Crest Road, which crosses Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton, South Dakota, will close Wednesday through Friday for repairs. The closure will begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday and conclude at ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Gavins Point Dam releases will be reduced in late November as flow support to navigation ends. Releases from the dam, according to a statement, are currently 32,000 cubic feet per ...