Low Mississippi slows barge traffic at Montgomery Point, again
The Mississippi River is low enough again to slow barge traffic between the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers for the third ...
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Facts to know about the Mississippi River
beaten only by the Missouri River. You’ll find the Mississippi at its narrowest point at its headwaters in Lake Itasca, where it’s between 20 and 30 feet. The river’s widest point is only ...
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How USB’s $2 Million Investment in the Mississippi River Could Return $461 Million to US Soybean Producers
For the third-straight year, low water levels along the Mississippi River system are having a negative impact on the movement of grain freight—especially during the busy harvest season. That’s why the ...
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Mississippi River levels dropping
The lack of rain is starting to show effects in Mississippi. Meteorologists with the corps said river levels in Ohio ... “At ...
Concerns of low river levels rise into harvest
The U.S. agriculture sector is facing a familiar issue as it begins to either store or ship crops coming out of fields this harvest. A recent run of dry conditions in the Midwest, particularly in the ...
Billings Gazette17d
Get outside: Mississippi River overlook offers view into history
Ideally, starting a hike so I could see the sunset over the upper Mississippi River should have begun at least an hour before ...
Chicago Tribune28d
Water levels on the Mississippi River are low. That’s raising concerns for Illinois farmers during the harvest.
Water levels in the Lower Mississippi River have dipped unusually low for ... However, it hasn’t gotten to the point in recent years where Growmark has been unable to unload its barges.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel26d
16 songs inspired by the Mississippi River by Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Eric Church and more
When I was first hired to cover the Mississippi River basin for the Journal Sentinel in 2022, I knew I'd be spending a lot of time in the car driving along the river. And as anyone who spends a ...
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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
As of Sunday morning, Tower Rock reemerged from the depths of the Mississippi River for the third year in a row. The aptly named towering rock formation usually sits isolated in the Mississippi ...
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Millions depend on the Mississippi—but the mighty river is running dry
Ragsdale and his on-board crew of 17 are here because the once-mighty Mississippi River is in crisis: Recent years have seen severe, months-long droughts take hold across a vast swathe of America ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel26d
Rollin' on the river: How the Mississippi flows through American music, and inspires to this day
MARQUETTE, Iowa - It was just before sunset on the Mississippi River, the day's last bits of golden light dancing on the water, when four members of the band Big Blue Sky picked up their ...
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Investigators have leads as to identity of remains found in submerged truck in Mississippi
Investigators will need to use DNA testing to confirm the identity of human remains found in a submerged vehicle in East Moline. The East Moline Police Department learned Sunday afternoon from the ...