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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to an analysis on the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel by economist Daniel Munch, a fourth straight year of historically low Mississippi River levels is once again squeezing ...

American Cruise Lines has announced an expanded fleet and three new itineraries. The company is adding capacity and itineraries on the Mississippi River and tributaries, by introducing the first-ever ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Saltwater from the Gulf is once again creeping up the Mississippi River, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to build an underwater barrier to slow it down. Due ...

Missouri is almost completely in drought and Iowa is almost drought-free. The top and bottom of the Mississippi River has had high streamflows this month, but about a quarter of gauges throughout the ...

A view of the Mississippi River at Red Wing, Minn., from atop He Mni Can, also known as Barn Bluff, in May 2018. The bridge over the river has since been replaced by a new span. NINA MOINI: Mayors ...

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DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The Mississippi River stretches for around 2,400 miles from central Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Every year, 30 to 50 paddlers attempt to travel its length. Shawn ...

LANSING, Iowa (KWWL) -- Police have identified the man who died after falling into the Mississippi River. The victim was a 63-year-old man from Brownsville, Wisconsin. Authorities said he fell into ...

The Mississippi River is home to one particular reptilian apex predator–the American alligator. Alligators favor this famous North American river as a preferred habitat as it provides them plenty of ...