Successful demolition of the nearly century-old Lansing Bridge also provided researchers from Purdue University useful performance data on structural redundance of fracture-critical members.

Dakota County and the Metropolitan Council, worried about effects on local parks, are asking for more information before the ...

Early-bird New Year's Eve fireworks will light up the Mississippi River tonight, with a family-friendly 6:30 p.m. show ...

A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin was imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that clears the way for a modern replacement.

Roy Benn, 59, had been missing until his skeletonized remains were found in the Mississippi River this past August ...

This beautiful preserve in the Magnolia State protects hundreds of native plant and animal species while also providing a ...

Towboat carves icy channel on the Mississippi River at Alton in 1948 ...

After rapidly overflowing its banks and pouring into homes and businesses along its upper reaches, the Mississippi River has crested in much of the Upper Midwest, easing fears of a record disaster, ...

Water-skiers, wakeboarders and swimmers plunged into the chilly Mississippi River off Mud Island this morning for the annual ...

Lucas Lundgren has spend the past year around Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa prospecting and panning for gold in ...