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 ...

CROFTON, Neb. (KTIV) - Gavins Point Dam, near Yankton, South Dakota, is the last dam along the Missouri River. Construction began in 1952 along the Missouri River. But before the dam was built, you ...

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 ...

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 ...

YANKTON, S.D. - The reservoir at Gavins Point Dam dropped a half-foot in the past 24 hours the dam near Yankton continues to discharge record releases from the Missouri River. The U.S. Army Corps of ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Flooding may not be over for farmers along the Missouri River. The Army Corps of Engineers increasing water levels this week at Gavins Point Dam. That’s a dam in the Southeast Corner of South Dakota ...

Water runs through the spillway at the Gavins Point Dam in South Dakota in April 2019. Add another season to the higher-than-normal levels on the Missouri River. Flows on the Missouri River are likely ...