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How bad are this year's Mississippi River floods?
The Week via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMississippi River floodwater. Illustrated | Gettyimages The mighty Mississippi River, the longest waterway in North America and the fourth-largest in the...
High water and prolonged flooding are changing the ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River, a new...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHigh water and longer-lasting flooding are changing the habitat along the Upper Mississippi River, according to a new report analyzing nearly 30 years of data. The upper basin is the natural ...
25 years canoeing the Mighty Mississippi: John Ruskey shares stories from the Big Muddy
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 months agoForty years ago, in 1983, John Ruskey embarked on a raft trip from home state of Colorado,...
The Mississippi River has dropped to a historic low for the second consecutive year
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMississippi River water levels are plummeting to an all-time low this week at Memphis in the wake of...
Hubert Humphrey Was an Isolationist — Until He Went to the Segregated South
Politico via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSeveral days after Nazi Germany launched its blitzkrieg against Poland on September 1, 1939, plunging all of Western Europe into conflict, a recent college graduate named Hubert Humphrey rode ...
Highlands to screen documentary about Ohio River
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApr. 21—ASHLAND — The documentary "This Is The Ohio" will be shown at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Highlands Museum and Discovery Center. The film showcases the history and beauty of the 981-mile ...
People Revealed The Creepiest, Cult-Like Towns Across The United States, And Personally, I'd Take...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRecently, Reddit user _Persona-Non-Grata posed the intriguing question, "What are some mysterious,...
Pritzker announces $60 million park grants across the state — including Rockford area
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced the release of nearly $60 million in grant funding to help...
A hiker's path: Overlooking the Ohio River at O'Bannon Woods State Park
Spencer Evening World via Yahoo Sports· 7 months agoO'Bannon Woods State Park is surrounded by the 24,000-acre Harrison-Crawford State Forest which is...
This Organization Is Saving America’s Black Churches
Elle Decor via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThis Organization Is Saving America’s Black ChurchUnion Bethel / Kathy Reed For an estimated 100,000 African Americans, St. Paul African Methodist...