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After months of running high within its banks through Sioux City, the Missouri River has begun to recede and will continue to do so.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began reducing releases from Gavins Point Dam to the winter release rate on Sunday. Releases as of Wednesday were at 57,000 cubic feet per second and will be reduced 3,000 cfs per day until they reach 27,000 cfs. Releases will remain at that rate through December before being dropped to 25,000 cfs in January for the remainder of the winter.
Normal winter releases are 12,000-17,000 cfs but will be kept at a higher rate while the corps continues emptying near-record runoff from the river's reservoir system.
Officials on Thursday confirmed a career military man and former superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy as the president of the University of Nebraska system. The university Board of Regents confirmed Walter “Ted” Carter as president, succeeding interim President Susan Fritz. Officials began searching for a new president after Hank Bounds left the position in mid-August, leaving Fritz to oversee the system until a permanent replacement could be found. The 60-year-old Carter had been superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from 2014 until this year. He will be paid a base salary of $934,600 with additional pay if he meets performance goals.
He will begin as president on Jan. 1
Confirmation by the regents followed the board's unanimous nomination of Carter as the priority candidate in October.
