Climate change means communities along the Mississippi River are experiencing longer and higher floods in springtime, flash flooding from heavy rains, as well as prolonged droughts. Now cities ...

The Mississippi River has crested in the Twin Cities, and also crested Wednesday in La Crosse, Wisconsin, at 15.89 feet, which is the third highest on record and just 2 feet shy of the record.

Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem ...

As residents worked to protect cities and homes, sandbags were stacked high in areas along the river. Water poured into homes and streets in Wisconsin, including in La Crosse and Fountain City .

Davenport, population 103,000, is the only major city along the Upper Mississippi without a floodwall. Part of its downtown functions as an urban floodplain. ... Many river cities, ...

Over 100 mayors from cities along the river have created the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative. They're now working to form a compact through Congress.

Mayors along the Mississippi River are expected to vote on supporting a compact aimed at preventing the diversion of its water. The proposed compact aims to protect the river's water levels and ...

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] .

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in ...

Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a global system to determine where plastic pollution comes from and how it ends up in waterways as a first step toward solving the problem, ...