February isn’t the ideal month for workers into dive into the Mississippi River and upgrade transportation infrastructure, but Jim Cook says there’s no choice. “We can’t do this during the navigation ...

Ariel view of Melvin Price Locks and Dam from the Missouri side. The parking area that will be closed for construction staging can be seen on the right side of the photo. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

In another sign of winter, the last Mississippi River barge departed St. Paul last weekend. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V. Ashley Danielson and its barge ...

Mississippi River stakeholders took a week-long tour of the Columbia-Snake river system the week of June 23. They traveled from Astoria, Ore., to Lewiston, Idaho, touring ports, grain elevators and ...

Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River. Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at the Mississippi River Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minnesota, July 19. Corps officials are hosting the ...

TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WKBT) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is replacing nearly century-old miter gates at Lock and Dam 6 on the Mississippi River, part of an ongoing effort to maintain safe ...

In a matter of weeks, boaters looking to travel on part of the Upper Mississippi River will be meeting roadblocks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says three locks and dams will be closed for winter ...

QUINCY — Locks and dams along the Mississippi River in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa are seeing more bald eagle sightings. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts ...