Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at (920) 996-7266 or [email protected] .

Seven people, including a child, are safe after a harrowing incident on the Mississippi River when their boat went through a ...

Two Wisconsin men are paddling the full length of the Mississippi River, chasing a bucket list adventure that’s been decades ...

The upper Mississippi River continues to experience its worst flooding in decades, but the waters were receding faster than expected as of Monday along the Wisconsin and Minnesota border.

Seven people rescued after disabled boat heads towards Lock and Dam 8 at Genoa, Mississippi River. All safe, no injuries reported.

CALEDONIA, Minn. and GENOA, Wis. (JOINT PRESS RELEASE- VERNON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND HOUSTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE) - ...

And although the Wisconsin grant program is small-scale for now, he said if other states bordering the Mississippi River follow its lead, it could reduce flooding across the region.

We're tracking the chance for some isolated pop-up showers and possibly a weak thunderstorm across portions of ...

A freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, possibly injuring one crew member and sending two cars into the water, officials said.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at its Mississippi River Lock and Dam 4 in Alma, ...

GENOA, Wis. (WLUK) -- Seven people boating on the Mississippi River "miraculously survived" after their boat went through an open dam gate. It happened at the United States Army Corps of Engineers ...