Ron McNamara is no Huck Finn. But McNamara, like Huck, knows something about nighttime travel on the Mississippi River. “If ...

Minnesota (WCCO) -- There may be a break in a more than half-century-old cold case after central Minnesota authorities discovered human remains in a car submerged in the Mississippi River on Wednesday ...

Minnesota DNR water quality specialist Rob Burdis drills into 50 cm of ice Jan. 22 on Peterson Lake, which is part of the Mississippi River, near Kellogg, Minnesota. The hole allows access to one of ...

The Bainbridge Island runner who crossed the country and ran marathons on every continent ran into injury challenges in his ...

Lisa has been fascinated by the weather all her life. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology with a minor in mathematics from Valparaiso University. She also obtained a Bachelor of ...

Eliotte Heinz, a 22-year-old Hortonville graduate and Viterbo University student, was found dead in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota. Heinz had been missing since July 20 and was last ...

Erin is a co-host of "The 4" on WCCO and a two-time Emmy Award-winning reporter passionate about experiential storytelling and taking viewers on an adventure - be it inside a bear den, at the bottom ...

A Minnesota wildlife refuge and the have been impacted by the federal layoffs being imposed by the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The nonprofits that partner ...

Friends of the Mississippi River, a conservation and advocacy group, is making its final funding push toward a $6 million goal for Mississippi River restoration and conservation. The “Our River” ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The Mississippi River stretches more than 2,400 miles from northern Minnesota down to the Gulf. A Quad Cities native took on that entire journey — but in an uncommon way. For 55 ...

Federal offices in Minnesota devoted to the Mississippi River recreation area and the state’s water quality are among five sites targeted for closure in the Trump administration’s massive cost-cutting ...