The Mississippi River from its humble beginning at Lake Itasca to St. Louis and beyond, is a treasured resource that we ...

In February 1951, a sudden drop in the icy Mississippi River left several barges stranded at Marquette Cement plant docks.

As winter weather comes down from the north, bringing with it ice along the Mississippi River, eagles, trumpeter swans, and ...

As of 4 a.m. Wednesday, the “new bridge” over the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to Port Allen was still closed in both ...

Study of flood risk on the upper Mississippi River. The law authorizes a large-scale study of flooding on the Upper ...

While it is helpful that the invasive carp school when the water gets cold in the winter, the elements make it more ...

Once considered an endangered species, there are now more than 3,100 bald eagles wintering in at least 27 Illinois counties.

A crowd gathered at the Mississippi Welcome Center Thursday for the quarterly American flag-raising ceremony. Hosted by the ...

It tells the story of the river, the Indigenous people who lived alongside it and the white settlers who came along to claim ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its 2024 navigational statistics for the St. Paul district, which paints a ...

Portions of several major interstates and two major bridges over the Mississippi River remained closed due to icy conditions ...