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For Shrinking Mississippi River Towns, Frequent Floods Worsen Fortunes
Insurance Journal· 3 hours agoDevastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on...
Izaak Walton League, USFWS celebrate 100 years of Upper Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoIn the 1920s, Will Dilg learned of a plan to drain the backwaters of the Mississippi River near...
Morton Arboretum awards $6.8M for urban forestry projects in 22 priority Illinois communities
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn any summer day, no matter how hot, Tom Tomschin can sit comfortably on his porch and enjoy the...
The Richest Small Town in Every State
GoBankingRates via AOL· 2 days agoWhen you think of the richest locations in the U.S., places like San Francisco, New York and Beverly Hills might come to mind. But prosperity and...
Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River
Associated Press via AOL· 3 days agoCommerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many...
The Best Dive Bars in America
MediaFeed via AOL· 5 days agoYelp.com Missouri Zoo Bar, Kansas City This no frills, cash-only local favorite is all the bar you need next time you're in Kansas City. Live bands,...
Holmes woman takes stock of Ukrainian heritage through words and memories of her father
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNational impact of war in Ukraine A Reuters report says Russian forces have been making gradual...
How the United States Laid Claim to the Mississippi River, One Mile at a Time
Smithsonian Magazine· 8 hours agoOn October 27, 1815, Prospect Robbins arrived by boat at the point in the alluvial swamps where the Arkansas and Mississippi rivers meet. Both surveyors were veterans—Brown a captain, Robbins ...
John Avlon, Nancy Goroff vie in 1st Congressional District Democratic primary
Newsday· 20 hours agoDemocrats John Avlon and Nancy Goroff both are vying to persuade voters in New York’s 1st...
Afternoon Edition: The DNC's impact on Chicago hotel rates
Chicago Sun-Times· 4 days agoIt’s no surprise that hotel rates this summer are pretty pricey — such is life for a city that touts...
