"The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi" by Boyce Upholt, W.W. Norton, 352 pages When we look out at the Mississippi River, beyond the levee we usually see the always-swirling, ...

In 1920, a local newspaper publisher turned politician donated his private library to the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, containing numerous historical works that detailed the development of the ...

Crossing more than a third of the United States, the Mississippi River has been central to the country’s development from the days of Indigenous nations to the steamboat era and modern trade. This ...

You can win a chance to be a part of history as the Lansing bridge comes down.The Black Hawk Bridge, built in 1931, crosses ...

Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital this week to announce a cooperative agreement among the working river’s ports. In town for the annual Mississippi ...

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 instruments ...

When we look out at the Mississippi River, beyond the levee we usually see the always-swirling, muddy water with busy freighters, tows and barges, tugboats and the like sailing the river or moored at ...

Mitch Reynolds, mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative co-chair, welcomes mayors from 10 states to the annual meeting in Baton Rouge on September 17, 2024.

A freight ship heads south on the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana in June, 2024. Aerial support provided by SouthWings. (Tegan Wendland/Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk) Mayors from 10 ...