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The U.S. Army Corps St. Louis district said ice chunks in the river can be "larger than a car, be a couple feet thick, and ...

People who live near the Mississippi River gathered in La Crosse Aug. 4 to discuss cuts to federal agencies that work on river issues, which they called "catastrophic" to the river's future. President ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -River Action’s 19th annual Upper Mississippi River Conference is set for Oct. 14–16 at Stoney Creek Hotel, 101 18th Street, Moline, IL. This year’s theme, A Piece of a Larger ...

The last Mississippi River barge of the year departed St. Paul on Tuesday, ending the 2025 Upper Mississippi shipping season. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V.

WINONA, Minn. — The Mississippi River is a bit darker at night in the River Valley region currently. Mayfly hatching season has begun, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation recently turned ...

Mississippi River stakeholders took a week-long tour of the Columbia-Snake river system the week of June 23. They traveled from Astoria, Ore., to Lewiston, Idaho, touring ports, grain elevators and ...

Upper Mississippi and the Grand Excursion / Curtis C. Roseman, Dick Stahl, Elizabeth M. Roseman -- Building a mighty fine line : the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad / Roald D. Tweet -- Grand ...

Michael Anderson views the Mississippi River as the country's great connector. It flows through 10 states — both red and blue — weaving its way through major population centers and small towns.

While the upper Mississippi River’s lock and dam system is keeping navigation efficient, low river levels on the lower Mississippi for a fourth consecutive year are threatening U.S. exports. During ...

URBANA, Ill. — Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign can now differentiate between human-derived and hydrological contributions of riverine nitrogen pollution in the Upper ...

One Mississippi, an environmental advocacy group, is declaring June 2 the first-ever National Mississippi River Day. Multiple river cities and a few states have formally recognized the day, including ...