ST. PAUL, Minn. – Although the Army Corps declared the Upper Mississippi open to navigation on March 18, the ttwo uppermost locks, as always, will be a little later.The Lower St. Anthony Falls lock and Lock Number 1, both in Minneapolis, will open to commercial and recteational vessels on April 21, the Corps announcced. The Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock in Minneapolis remains permanently closed.

EarlierOfficial: Mississippi River open all the way