In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous ...

Nestled along the mighty Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois, Mississippi Palisades State Park stands as a testament to nature’s artistry. A place where limestone cliffs tower above flowing ...

Sometimes the best treasures in Illinois aren’t found in Chicago’s glittering skyline or Springfield’s historic corridors. But tucked away where the Mississippi River carves ancient limestone cliffs ...

Two hundred years ago, on Oct. 26, 1825, New York Gov. DeWitt Clinton boarded a canal boat by the shores of Lake Erie. Amid ...

The Mississippi River’s connection to Louisiana is existential. The river built the land on which many of us reside. As long as there have been humans here, it has been a crucial source of food and ...

Shipping season on the upper Mississippi River has ended as the last barges headed south from St. Paul, Minnesota Nov. 25. Because the upper river freezes each year, barge traffic always halts until ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Mississippi River Bridge is back open after a lengthy closure due to a man climbing the bridge’s superstructure. The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office ...

Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across the inland waterway system. This marks the third year in four that ...

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The ...

A Mississippi River bridge, a transportation lifeline connecting Lansing in northeast Iowa to Wisconsin, is set to close in October. Iowa and Wisconsin transportation departments determined in July ...

Riley Moser is a digital producer who covers breaking news and feature stories for CBS Minnesota. Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 and earned an honorable mention for sports ...

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...