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On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
The Effigy Mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the Mississippi River is eating ...
The project to repair a flood wall in Helena-West Helena remained at a standstill after a meeting Friday
A $20 million project to repair a 1,600 foot flood wall in Helena-West Helena remained at a standstill after a meeting Friday ...
East St. Louis residents struggle in flooding aftermath, say city should do more
I don’t have a choice but to deal with it,” one resident said. “I don’t have the money to move nowhere else right now.” ...
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Repairs require lock and dam closures along the Mississippi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to improve four of its locks and dams through a Consolidated Lock Closure, ...
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Extremely low Mississippi River levels just reemerged a 'once in a lifetime' tourist destination in Missouri for the third year in a row
Mississippi River levels at Chester ... and dramatic droughts that will be punctuated by extreme fluctuation and flooding.” The U.N. weather agency recently reported that 2023 was the driest ...
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Drought to downpours: Rain could trigger flooding in Central US
While not enough rain is likely to trigger river flooding or completely erase the ... Water levels on the central and lower part of the Mississippi River are on par with low marks set during ...
Mississippi Gulf Coast will have its first oyster season since 2018
After years of setbacks Mississippi Gulf Coast is finally set to reopen its oyster season the first since 2018 ...
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus11d
Construction on new Interstate 80 bridge over Mississippi River expected to start in 2028
A new Interstate 80 bridge crossing the Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities will have two separate bridge spans — one for ...
Who is Chokwe Antar Lumumba? Jackson, Mississippi mayor faces federal charge
Lumumba's mayoral stint followed his father's, Chokwe Lumumba, who was elected as Ward 2's councilman in 2009, then as ...
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Upper Mississippi River refuge celebrates 100 years of protection for fish, wildlife and habitat
A flood in 2019 lasted for 90 days ... Ed Britton points at an expanse of shallow water in the Spring Lake Unit in Illinois ...
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Upper Mississippi River refuge celebrates 100 years of protection for fish, wildlife and habitat
A flood in 2019 lasted for 90 days ... of shallow water in the Spring Lake Unit in Illinois in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. About 100 miles downriver in Illinois ...