The Army Corps has finished building an underwater sill in the Mississippi River to stop salt water from threatening New ...

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another ...

In the winter of 1811, the New Madrid Fault unleashed quakes so violent that the Mississippi River surged uphill, turning ...

The saltwater wedge is continuing to creep up the Mississippi River, but it isn’t expected to reach New Orleans or threaten its water supply. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that, thanks to a ...

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...

A man has died after a boat he was in capsized on the Mississippi River in Monticello, Minn. Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, dispatchers were called about a capsized fishing boat on the Mississippi near ...

A Mississippi River bridge, a transportation lifeline connecting Lansing in northeast Iowa to Wisconsin, is set to close in October. Iowa and Wisconsin transportation departments determined in July ...

LE CLAIRE, Iowa — A single mother and seven of her children are paddling their way down the entire Mississippi River — all 2,300 miles of it. For Nikki Bettis, the journey is as much about adventure ...

The project to build a new Mississippi River bridge south of Baton Rouge has entered the environmental review phase, giving the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development one year to ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - A Virginia mother who loves a good adventure wants to teach her children to have that same type of spirit. She and seven of her children are now paddling along the ...

MONTPELIER, Iowa — A beloved black lab named Waylon is back home safe after disappearing into the Mississippi River during a hunting trip Sunday morning. Waylon, nearly five years old, went missing ...