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After a one-year construction delay, a pedestrian bridge that will link Sioux City and Dakota Dunes' trail systems is finally ...
DAKOTA DUNES -- As the Missouri River continued to swell Wednesday, residents of Dakota Dunes braced for more flooding that authorities said would rival the high water that briefly forced ...
Voluntary evacuations have been announced for residents in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. ... has experienced flooding in previous years, including the historic 2011 floods.
According to a Dakota Dunes press release, the Missouri River crested in their area on Monday, June 26, when it hit 32.23 feet. As of 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, the Missouri was at 30.91 feet and ...
For Jeff Dooley and Al Leber, the 2011 Missouri River flood represented a five-month, round-the-clock battle threatening the Dakota Dunes community, school district and surrounding area.
But since Speichinger’s neighborhood, which is more than 5 miles north of Dakota Dunes, ... Lincoln or Union County and are affected by the flooding, we want to share your story.
Twenty-one of South Dakota’s 66 counties experienced flooding, and the National Weather Service reported Monday that June 20-21 was the wettest two-day period ever recorded in Sioux Falls (6.49 ...
Dakota Dunes is near the Nebraska and Iowa borders and is sandwiched between the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers. Emergency management officials there warned residents that a mandatory evacuation ...
In South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem declared an emergency after severe flooding in the southeastern part. Several highways were closed. Areas south of Sioux Falls, the state's largest city, had an ...
Homes were ruined, roads were washed out, sinkholes opened up, a railroad bridge was destroyed, and rescuers worked through Sunday night into Monday morning to save people from rising floodwaters ...
“It looks like the Grand Canyon here, and it’s just pouring in. What a disaster,” said McCook Lake Association President Dirk Lohry.