February isn’t the ideal month for workers into dive into the Mississippi River and upgrade transportation infrastructure, but Jim Cook says there’s no choice. “We can’t do this during the navigation ...

Ariel view of Melvin Price Locks and Dam from the Missouri side. The parking area that will be closed for construction staging can be seen on the right side of the photo. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at its Mississippi River Lock and Dam 4 in Alma, Wisconsin, on July 26. Corps officials are hosting the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River. Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an ...

Mississippi River stakeholders took a week-long tour of the Columbia-Snake river system the week of June 23. They traveled from Astoria, Ore., to Lewiston, Idaho, touring ports, grain elevators and ...

Whether St. Paul’s Lock and Dam No. 1 will be removed is still uncertain as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues its research into the lock and dam near the old Ford factory. Locks and dams hold ...

TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WKBT) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is replacing nearly century-old miter gates at Lock and Dam 6 on the Mississippi River, part of an ongoing effort to maintain safe ...

MOLINE, Ill. — A Quad Cities nonprofit focused on hands-on learning for youth has received a $36,000 grant to expand educational field trips along the Mississippi River. STEAM on Wheels, founded and ...

In a matter of weeks, boaters looking to travel on part of the Upper Mississippi River will be meeting roadblocks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says three locks and dams will be closed for winter ...

Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River. Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin ...