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By MATT PIKE St. Joseph Post Bitter cold temperatures formed ice jams on the Missouri River earlier this winter, dropping the river's level. Missouri River Basin Water Management Chief John Remus says that prompted the U.S. Corps of Engineers to increase water releases from Gavins Point Dam from the minimum of 12-thousand cubic feet per second to mitigate the effects of the sudden extreme cold. But now, Remus says things are getting back to normal. "We just this week began to reduce releases as the ice cover and the associated impacts began to stabilize," Remus tells a monthly conference call held by the Corps of Engineers for members of Congress, state officials in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa as well as the news media. "We will continue to monitor the river conditions and weather forecast, and make operational adjustments to the extent possible." Remus says the runoff from the Upper River basin this year is forecast to be below average, running

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