River barges are an efficient way to move crops — 15 barges can hold about as much grain as 1,000 semi-trucks. But low river ...

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt ...

(Louisiana Illuminator) – Construction has begun on a saltwater sill near Myrtle Grove to help mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion up the Mississippi ... the river allows larger ships ...

Remnants of Hurricane Francine produced significant rains across the northern Delta and Tennessee River basin, but World Weather Inc. says water levels on the lower Mississippi river will rise for ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — An influx of salt water in the Mississippi River, which feeds southeastern Louisiana’s drinking water supplies, is once again creeping up the waterway. For the third ...

LANSING, Iowa (KCRG) - The Iowa DOT says it’s closing the Mississippi River Bridge at Lansing for ... This will last until October 4th. To see a live cam of the new bridge being built, check ...

One of Harold Fisk’s famed 1944 maps of the Mississippi. You can find Boyce’s new book, The Great River, at your local bookstore or online. The 2018 study which attributed increased ...

A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...