The Comite River Diversion Canal has been under construction for more than six years but should be done by mid-2028, ...

The Driftless Area Scenic Byway cuts a mesmerizing 144-mile path through a region that ancient glaciers apparently found too ...

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is advancing a plan to reduce a protective "no fishing" buffer for the ...

Some generators of the Sewerage & Water Board still produce 25 hertz electricity, a century after the rest of the world moved ...

Located near Park Rapids in the northwestern part of the state, Itasca stands as Minnesota’s oldest state park, a pristine ...

The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the trails to take in the view of the majestic river. But some local officials ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mississippi River is home to one of North America’s most formidable reptilian apex predators: the American alligator. With its ...

A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin was imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that clears the way for a modern replacement. The Mississippi River Bridge, ...

It’s long been known as the “Muddy Mississippi River” — but where does all that mud come from? Tracking the sources of excessive sediment in the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) has proven to be a vexing ...

In the classic 1948 Humphrey Bogart movie, “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” an old gold prospector opines that the precious metal is valuable because an ounce represents the sweat and heartbreak of ...

Portions of western Washington state have experienced a month’s worth of rain within the past few days, causing historic flooding, damaging mudslides and more than 100,00 people facing potential ...