Each day, an average of 2.7 million gallons of water passes through the Saylorville Dam, every minute. Most materials in the water, like fish, vegetation, and small trash, pass through the control ...

Upkeep of the Saylorville Lake Dam continues this summer, as two projects have started to make sure its structure stays intact. Dayne Magneson, the lake manager, said the project to deal with ...

The 20K race started at the Saylorville Dam and ended at Des Moines' Center Street Dam. The race is now a half-marathon. Advertisement Volunteers have been putting on Dam to Dam since 1980.

The dam, built in 1977 to reduce downstream flooding on the Des Moines River, is part of a popular 26,000-acre recreational complex that includes the 6,000-acre Saylorville reservoir, which is ...

In cooperation with Dam to DSM, there will be street closures in downtown Des Moines from Friday morning through Saturday afternoon. Road closed Friday, June 2, 2023, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m ...

A Texas company wants to build a $50 million hydroelectric project at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Saylorville Dam, a move it says would reduce Iowa's reliance on coal to generate electricity ...

Saylorville Lake is located on the Des Moines River. Rose says water is coming into the lake at 31,400 cubic feet per second. The Corps is letting water out of the lake at a rate of 21,000 cubic ...

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Saylorville was sitting at 869 feet. The Army Corps expects it to reach 882 feet by Tuesday evening, 2 feet below flood stage and about 46 feet above normal water levels.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Army Corps of Engineers says it's delaying the release of water over a spillway at Saylorville Lake, giving Des Moines more time to get Corps delays lowering dam on ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office said the crash was reported at 2 a.m. on Thursday in the 5300 block of NW 78th Ave., which is the road on top of Saylorville Dam. Advertisement ...

A Texas company wants to build a $50 million hydroelectric project at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Saylorville Dam, a move it says would reduce Iowa's reliance on coal to generate electricity.