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Live updates: Four tornados confirmed across Wisconsin, church destroyed in Argyle, flood warnings
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe NWS also urges caution when walking near riverbanks. "Even...
USGS deploys monitoring devices to study sediment in Mississippi River near Clinton
Quad-City Times· 5 days agoFederal agencies hope to understand more about sediment in the Mississippi River with a new...
Our Town Dubuque: American Lady Cruises combines natural resources and business
KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids· 5 days agoThe Mississippi River has provided a natural resource for all kinds of businesses, including a...
How the Mississippi backwaters were almost drained — 100 years of conservation on the refuge
La Crosse Tribune· 4 days agoIn a testament to conservation efforts, the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act,...
The highest and lowest natural elevation in each of the 50 states
List Wire via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIllinois (Joseph Cress/Iowa City Press-Citizen-USA TODAY NETWORK) Charles Mound: 1,235 feet. ...
Not just a Gulf of Mexico problem: Mississippi River farm runoff pollutes upstream waters
The Biloxi Sun Herald· 4 days agoEditor’s note: This is the third in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge celebrates 100 years
WKBT La Crosse· 5 days agoThe Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is celebrating 100 years of serving...
U.S. 30/Gateway Bridge in Whiteside County undergoing maintenance
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAnother bridge across the Mississippi River is undergoing maintenance. The Illinois Department of...
Louisiana bears the burden of Mississippi River runoff. Why doesn’t it push for solutions?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827...
At the mouth of the Mississippi, Louisiana bears the burden of upstream runoff. Why doesn’t it push...
The Gazette· 3 days agoThe Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force was created in 1997 to address the “dead zone” -- an area...