The logjam in federal funding for improving the Mississippi River’s lock and dam system was the main topic of a two-hour conference Tuesday at the Hotel Blackhawk in Davenport. The session, convened ...

On a bracingly cold February day, a small tug boat approaches Lock and Dam 27 on the Mississippi River. The boat, the Dennis Ross out of Vicksburg, Mich., is hauling asphalt. It's moving at the ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Mississippi River’s 70-year-old system of locks and dams urgently needs upgrades to accommodate barges that have gotten bigger over time, a group of federal lawmakers is warning ...

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 ...

Conservationists and angling interests are expressing relief — but little surprise — that a Boston company has abandoned plans for five hydroelectric projects on the Upper Mississippi River. Meanwhile ...

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 ...

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 ...