As we get closer to consistently warmer weather, many of our local tourist and family destination areas need help getting ready for the season.

Malcolm and Morgan Speichinger stand in the backyard of their McCook Lake home on June 11, 2025. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) McCOOK LAKE — Morgan and Malcom Speichinger still live in a ...

Damages remain visible in the McCook Lake community on July 3, 2024, after a massive flood hit the area on June 23. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) When a record-high surge of water flowed ...

MCCOOK LAKE, S.D. (KTIV) - More than 9 months after flood waters washed away homes and property, progress is being made to replace what was lost. A lot has happened in the McCook Lake neighborhood ...

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, ...

That re-grading is all part of the ‘North Sioux City Flood Property Grading Project’.

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KELO) – It’s been over a week since flood devastation struck the McCook Lake neighborhood in North Sioux City. Residents in the area say they are no stranger to the possibility ...

McCOOK LAKE, S.D. (KELO) — KELOLAND’s Chief Photographer Kevin Kjergaard was in the McCook Lake area of southeastern South Dakota covering the flooding. Here are a few of the images and a video ...

State and local authorities knew they were placing McCook Lake in the path of record high floodwaters but failed to adequately warn residents of the danger, according to some people who live in the ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY -- McCook Lake reopened to limited boating Monday, more than two months after record flooding decimated dozens of homes ringing the Union County lake. The South Dakota Game, Fish and ...

MCCOOK LAKE, S.D. -- South Dakota officials will review a no wake order Thursday that was issued for McCook Lake more than two weeks ago. South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Conservation Officer Tony ...