MCCOOK LAKE, S.D. (KTIV) - After receiving an update from Dirk Lohry of the McCook Lake Association, KTIV has learned the state has concluded the lake is safe for swimming. According to Lohry, ...

A June 24, 2024, view of flood damage that occurred the previous night at McCook Lake in southeastern South Dakota. (Courtesy of Dirk Lohry) PIERRE — The state of South Dakota has received notice that ...

MCCOOK LAKE, S.D. (KTIV) - When you lose everything in a disaster like a flood, you often have to rely on others to help pick ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Legislature will not set aside any additional dollars for clean-up of McCook Lake. House Bill 1108 would have created the McCook Lake contingency fund and ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KTIV) - A proposed canal at McCook Lake that faced heavy opposition from residents will go before the South Dakota Supreme Court this week. In 2022, Mike Chicoine proposed adding a canal ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY — An ongoing dredging operation at McCook Lake has pulled out numerous fallen trees, a lawnmower, part of a shed, lumber, sewer and water pipes and other materials that washed into ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — We can’t talk about residential property without thinking of the people over at McCook Lake who lost everything in the 2024 flood. As it turns out, this area has a ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — City council members in North Sioux City, South Dakota continue to get feedback on how McCook Lake could be better protected during future flood events. Stockwell ...

Dirk Lohry said McCook Lake was inundated with all kinds of debris during severe flooding last year. “We had a car, table saw, boats, boat lifts, a lot of furniture,” said Lohry, the president of the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The possibility of more state money to help clean up McCook Lake from the June flooding will wait for action in the House Committee on Appropriations. House Bill 1108 would ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY -- A proposal floated Monday evening at the North Sioux City Commission meeting would offer compensation to McCook Lake homeowners whose houses were the worst-hit in last summer's ...