Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another ...

Stretching across more than a third of the United States, the Mississippi River has always been more than a waterway — it’s the backbone of a nation. From its role in Native American life to the ...

Ravines act like fast-moving highways, delivering sediment into Lake Pepin on the Mississippi River. A new project will examine how to control them.

Directed by Tim Grant and Andy McMillan and Produced by Parkside Films, Rough House Pictures, All Facts, Paragraph Films, XTR and Caravan The documentary follows an enigmatic drifter with terminal ...

The Mississippi River looked a little different Saturday as a 10-mile section from Rock Island to Hampton was closed to boat traffic and filled instead with more than 1,000 kayaks & paddleboards for ...

(CNN) — Two Minnesota fishermen made an unexpected discovery beneath the Mississippi River this week when sonar technology led them to what authorities say could be a break in a decades-old cold case.

Emergency officials were responding to a fatal helicopter crash Aug. 7 in a section of the Mississippi River near Alton, Illinois, according to transportation officials and local media. The National ...

The helicopter collided with power lines and subsequently crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River and experienced a post-crash fire, said the NTSB Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at ...

Drivers trying to cross the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa will lose their primary option when the Lansing, Iowa bridge closes in October.