We Minnesotans are almost all lucky enough to live near a river. The Mississippi, Minnesota, Red, Pigeon, Cascade, Crow, St. Croix, St. Louis, Whitewater, Zumbro and thousands of other waterways flow ...

Vintage maps labeled the farms along old Mechum’s River Road with still-familiar local names including Ballard, Carr, Jones ...

Heavy rains in Minnesota over the past several weeks are going to cause the Mississippi River to exceed its 15-foot flood stage at Lock and Dam 15 at Rock Island. Tom Philip of the National ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released spending plans that include an $829.1 million investment in lock and dam modernization projects along the upper Mississippi River with funding made ...

The upper Mississippi River is a heavily used commercial corridor. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, an average of 2,200 commercial vessels annually pass through Lock and Dam 7 at La ...

When someone asks you what the longest river in the United States is, you might immediately think of the Mississippi River.

LA CROSSE, Wis. -- The Mississippi River claimed its first life of the season in Vernon County on Friday. A 52-year-old Iowa man drowned Friday afternoon after the boat he was fishing from ...

A $19 million low-water dam the city of Waco installed on the Brazos River nine years ago has succeeded in keeping Lake Brazos a lake, but it created a new problem. It has become a trap for brush ...

The Mississippi River is a mighty waterway. It carries hundreds of millions of tons of freight every year, is home to a diverse population of fish, mammals, amphibians and reptiles, functions as a ...

The nation’s new energy secretary is “passionately in support” of leaving the four lower Snake River dams in Eastern Washington intact, he said at a hearing last week in Washington ...

Debris from Mississippi River flooding is washing up on barrier islands and beaches along the Mississippi Coast, forcing a popular tourist attraction to partially relocate right before the summer ...

Donated by: Ames Construction in cooperation with Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) Original Location: Over Mississippi River between La Crosse, WI, and Dresbach, MN Opened in: October ...