Army Corps tackles failing embankment near Hastings
HASTINGS, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $10 million contract to [...]
New gates due at Alma, Red Wing dams
ALMA, Wis. – TheArmy Corps of Engineers awarded an $18 million contract to G&G [...]
Update: Wabasha city-Army Corps muck deal working
WABASHA, Minn. – Trucks have resumed seasonal hauling of dredged Mississippi River bottom sediment [...]
Through the lock and speeding downriver
Wind and spray. For a liberating and sensual sensation in a speedboat full-bore at [...]
Then and now: Dive gear to inspect dams, locks
Army Corps exhibit. Divers who inspected Army Corps locks and dams in [...]
Free day coming at Army Corps launch sites
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is waiving day-use fees [...]
Fish spawning again in upper Red River
Before and after. Dam has been replaced on Minnesota-North Dakta border with fish-friendly rapids. [...]
Mississippi rehab project tackles erosion
GUTTENBERG, Iowa -- The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $7.5 million contract to [...]
The whole story on the run-away pontoon boat
WINONA, Minn. – The run-away pontoon boat floating empty down the Mississippi on Tuesday [...]
Low water slows Mississippi barge shipping
WASHINGTON – Low water on the Mississippi River has forced shipping companies to operate [...]
Rescuers pull empty pontoon boat ashore
WINONA, Minn. – Winona firefighters in their rescue boat intercepted a pontoon pleasure craft [...]
Damaged Mississippi dam lock set for repair
HASTINGS, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $2.5 million contract to [...]
Boater with bad motor stalled inside dam’s lock
DRESBACH, Minn. – A Colorado boater whose propeller got wrapped up in a rope [...]
Army Corps sets up more dam look-sees
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers is moving its boating safety [...]
Trump’s safety perimeter on LaCrosse riverfront
LACROSSE, Wis. – A city parks crew will block off the south end of [...]
Mississippi River sheens from 30-gallon dam spill
COON RAPIDS, Minn. – Two sheens flowing on the surface of the Mississippi River [...]
Puzzle: What is sheen floating down Mississippi?
COON RAPIDS, Minn. – A mysterious sheen was spotted floating down the Mississippi River [...]
Dredging alternative possible on Mississippi?
GUTTENBERG, Iowa – The Army Corps has proposed an experimental system to use currents [...]
Flooding hurt Winona’s June, July tourism
WINONA, Minn. –High water on the Mississippi prevented three of the season’s 10 scheduled [...]
Mussels invasion looms in Lake Byllesby
CANNON FALLS, Minn. – It was alarming enough for fishing when a zebra mussel [...]
Aging Dam 10 lock closing for mid-season repair
GUTTENBERG, Iowa – The Army Corps will close the navigation lock at its 90-year-old Dam [...]
Army Corps reviewing its Bad River view
ASHLAND, Wis. – The Army Corps of Engineers extended its period for public comment [...]
Open house at landmark Alma dam
ALMA, Wis. – The Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the Mississippi River lock [...]
A front-row seat to river technology for combat
652nd Multi-Role Bridge Company. A northwest Wisconsin Army Resreve unit lays these types [...]
Body of hero-father retrieved from Mississippi
ELK RIVER, Minn. -- The body of a 41-year-old man was recovered from the [...]
Dad disappears in Mississippi after rescuing kids
ELK RIVER, Minn. – A man rescued his two children in trouble swimming off [...]
Coast Guard bans Upper Mississippi boating
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The U.S. Coast Guard has closed much of the Mississippi [...]
Super-fast high currents ease at upriver locks
ST. PAUL, Minn – The U.S. Army Corps has re-opened Lock and Dam 1, [...]
Paring down the Mississippi cruise fleet
GUILFORD, Conn. – Two paddle-wheelers that made Winona port calls with thousands of tourists [...]
Ignoble finale for historic dredge Thompson
Once ruled the Mississippi. The William A. Thompson was the largest piece of equipment [...]
Red Wing dam shut down by flood run-off
RED WING, Minn. – As the 17,000-square mile Minnesota River basin purges itself, the [...]
Flood worry drives Menomonie dam upgrade
MENOMONIE, Wis. – With new urgency after the Rapidan Dam disaster near Mankato, Xcel [...]
Ohio River kayaker struck by barge, dies
HARTFORD, W. Va. -- A kayaker who was hit by a barge on the Ohio [...]
Developers, investors, execs and shovels
Ceremonial ground-breaking. The hard hats are real. The shovels kinda. But not a true [...]
High water: No more boaters at uppermost lock
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Army Corps of Engineers has closed its Lower St. Anthony Falls [...]
Berm planned to protect Indian burial mounds
HARPERS FERRY, Iowa – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled plans for [...]
Temporary hold on Lansing bridge project
LANSING Iowa – Heavy rains over the past week have paused construction of the [...]
Boat gears jam, drifts powerless to isle
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – A pleasure boat drifted onto a sandbar off Trempealeau, stranding the [...]
Mississippi River boaters lose power, rescued
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – Four people stranded on a Mississippi River sandbar were rescued by [...]
Boat with passed-out operator drifts into dam
Bad place to dock. The 14-foot outboard ran up over one of the the [...]
UW-L christens river research vessel
LACROSSE, Wis. – In a ceremony at Riverside Park they broke a bottle of [...]
High river affects Wabasha sewer upgrade
WABASHA, Minn. – An $8.7 million municipal sewer construction project has been stalled by [...]
Corps spends $31 million for long-term dredging
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Army Corps awarded a $31.7 million contract to LS [...]
Work starts soon on Mississippi muck pipeline
WABASHA, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps plans to begin laying a 6,200-foot pipeline [...]
Update planned on Lake McGregor sand project
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. -- The Army Corps, which runs Upper Mississippi River navigation, [...]
Highway engineer: Mississippi bridges barge-proof
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Bridges that connect Minnesota and Wisconsin across the Mississippi could [...]
2024 Winona cruise dockings: Merely 10
American Serenade. This four-deck American Cruise Line boat is in a recently built fleet [...]
Cruise line adds boats from bankruptcy auction
GUILFORD, Conn. – The largest U.S. river cruise operator, American Cruise Lines, has bought [...]
Uppermost Army Corps locks open April 21
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Although the Army Corps declared the Upper Mississippi open to [...]
Early-warning system failed on Lansing bridge
Black Hawk Bridge pier. The piers date to 1931. They were becoming unmoored, apparently [...]
Post-Baltimore question: How safe our bridges?
WINONA, Minn. – The last notable collision into an Upper Mississippi bridge was at [...]
Water taxis subbing for disabled Lansing bridge
LANSING, Iowa – Water taxis began service across the Mississippi River at Lansing while [...]
Official: Mississippi River open all the way
HASTINGS, Minn. -- The Army Corps of Engineers, which controls navigable waterways within U.S. [...]
Churning a vigorous farewell to Bass Camp
Next port ahoy. The motor vessel William Hank’s captain engages all 4,000 twin-screw horsepower [...]
Commercial shipping resumes on Upper Mississippi
First tug-and-barge array. Parked with its empty barges across from Dick’s Marina at the [...]
With low snowpack, upstream dam outflows throttled
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Army Corps of Engineers water managers began adjusting outflow from [...]
Big River magazine sees seamless flux ahead
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona-based magazine Big River is changing business models to be [...]
First barge of spring due perhaps next weekend
WINONA, Minn. – The Upper Mississippi is ice-free all the way upriver to Minneapolis, [...]
How much Ice on Lake Pepin? What ice?
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains navigation on the [...]
Eagle Center’s advice for cruises: Bring binoculars
Twelve dates. Two hours aboard the Cal Fremling floating classroom, Season’s first cruise May [...]