Mike Valley’s (Nov. 30, 1A) observation that “there wouldn’t be more than two” out of 50 “kids” today who could … ...

The Mississippi River basin, which includes 32 states and two Canadian provinces, produces 92% of the nation’s agricultural exports and 78% of the world’s exports in feed grains and soybeans.

But a bill before the Mississippi Legislature this year that would have provided $95 million in state money for the project was defeated in the Senate, Whitehurst said.

The Mississippi, which flows over 2,000 miles, has a long history in the United States, from being the western border to then becoming the middle marker after the Louisiana Purchase. The river ...

For the first time, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will study the entire 650-mile stretch of the Mississippi River within state borders this year.

"It's just like an MRI of the brain," said Kent Parrish, senior Mississippi River project manager for the corps. "It can look 150 feet down into the ground and tell me what's silt, sand, clay ...

In Greenville, Mississippi, the river is expected to crest at 52.5 feet on April 22. Power outages and business shutdowns are anticipated as water threatens ports and grain terminals.

A train derailed along the Mississippi River near the border between Wisconsin and Iowa on Thursday, sending two cars into the water. The incident happened early Thursday afternoon in Crawford Coun… ...

The upper Mississippi River continues to experience its worst flooding in decades, but the waters were receding faster than expected as of Monday along the Wisconsin and Minnesota border.

Down the river from Dubuque, Iowa, the Mississippi is expected to crest this weekend at 23 feet, local officials said, well above flood stage, which is 16 feet.

DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Upper Mississippi River will rise to near record-high levels as it flows through Wisconsin and Iowa, but officials said Thursday they expected to hold back floodwaters with ...

But one speaker chose to draw upon something that connects the North Star State to many others: the Mississippi River. ... the Mississippi River connects more than just 10 states.