Story by Sgt. Austin Goss | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 10.24.2025
Soldiers with the South Dakota National Guard’s 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment (MPAD) have returned home from a mobilization to Washington, D.C. to support the Make D.C. Safe and Beautiful mission....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Elizabeth Pena | National Guard Bureau | 07.18.2024
RAPID CITY, S.D.—Senior Enlisted Advsior, Tony Whitehead, senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, toured facilities and met with Soldiers and Airmen of the South Dakota National Guard during their drill weekend July 14-15....
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 06.26.2024
Spillway operations at Gavins Point Dam are ending following recent heavy rains. At 8 a.m. today, June 26, the gates at Gavins Point Dam in Yankton, South Dakota, will close with all releases passing though the powerhouse. Releases have been lowered from 24,000 cubic feet per second to 20,000 cfs. "The pool elevation on the Gavins Point reservoir, Lewis and Clark Lake, receded about......
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 06.23.2024
The latest update from the National Weather Service indicates that inflows into Gavins Point Dam appear to be peaking. The inflows into Gavins Point are currently 35,500 cubic feet per second from a peak of about 40,000 cfs earlier today. “Although the inflows are declining, they are still higher than the current releases from Gavins Point Dam,” said John Remus, chief of the......
Story by Eileen Williamson | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division | 06.22.2024
Due to continued rainfall and forecast inflows into the Gavins Point reservoir from the Niobrara River, and other tributaries, releases from Fort Randall and Gavins Point dams will be changing. Releases from Fort Randall have already been decreased as low as they can be and will have some periods of zero release....
Story by Master Sgt. Luke Olson | 114th Fighter Wing | 01.26.2024
42 South Dakota Army and 12 South Dakota Air National Guardsmen competed side-by-side in the State Enlisted Leader’s Indoor Marksmanship Competition at Joe Foss Field, South Dakota, Jan. 26-27, 2024....
Story by 2nd Lt. Fiona Riley | 129th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.09.2023
Members of the 235th Military Police (MP) Company received the Major General Harry H. Bandholtz Award at Joint Force Headquarters on Camp Rapid, Rapid City, S.D., on September 9, 2023....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Luke Olson | 114th Fighter Wing | 11.06.2022
The 114th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) weapons shop is a multi-faceted unit that ensures the wing’s F-16 Fighting Falcons are ready to take the fight to the enemy at any time. The 114th Fighter Wing’s combat mission involves air-to-air and air-to-ground operations designed to support ground forces and gain control of enemy airspace....
