WABASHA, Minn. – The Army Corps invited citizens to a meeting Tuesday for updates on Mississippi river projects stretching 80 miles from Red Wing to Dresbach. Time: 5:30 to 7;30 p.m. at the Wabasha Kellogg High School. Locals in Wabasha have a rocky history with the Corps, although most issues have been resolved through discussion and negotiation. On the new meeting agenda: Lock and dam operations and upcoming projects, dredged materials management, shoreline management and other environmental activities, recreation activities, environmental engineering and flood risk reduction, and water management activities in backwaters behind dams at Alma, Minneiska, Fountain City, Trempealeau and Dresbach.
Earlier: Wabasha city-Army Corps muck deal working