Around 175 million tons of freight travels on the Mississippi River each year, and from the river’s headwaters to southern Illinois ... foot the bill. If shipping companies face slowdowns ...

Shipping barges can't travel on too ... Dorothy lives five minutes from the Mississippi River, in East Moline, Illinois; she regularly paddles across the surface and walks its banks.

New research shows that typically, less than 10% of land-building alluvium reaches the Bird’s Foot Delta region, the ...

WINFIELD, Missouri — In the story of America, the Mississippi River is a character ... s Central Port in Granite City, Illinois, just across the river from St. Louis. Champions of heartland ...

And in Alton, Illinois, I got an education at ... lemonade that I enjoyed from time to time. The ship cruises up and down the Mississippi River, between New Orleans and St. Paul, year round.

The lock in Dubuque and Fulton, Illinois closed Friday ... The closures of the locks and dams will impact shipping on the Mississippi River. That barge traffic typically picks up pace in the ...

Low Mississippi River water levels are still causing some grain shipping constraints ... over the last few years,” said Trent Ford, the Illinois State Climatologist, a position under the ...

The rising Mississippi River was testing flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it neared ... recreators, the shipping industry and federal environmental agencies like the ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Cape Girardeau emergency crews recovered the body of a missing Illinois man Thursday morning in the Mississippi River. According to police, officers received a call around ...

Despite constant and intense rain late last week and into the weekend, river levels in the area are decreasing. According to the National Weather Service, the Mississippi River at Grafton ...

The mighty Mississippi River is one of the largest rivers in the world, and one of the largest water highways in the U.S., supporting the shipping industry with over 35,000 jobs. Flowing through ...