Reaching St. Paul marks the unofficial start to the navigation season as it is the last port on the Upper Mississippi River to open.

The St. Paul District navigation program provides a safe, reliable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation system on the Upper Mississippi River for the movement ...

In a matter of weeks, boaters looking to travel on part of the Upper Mississippi River will be meeting roadblocks. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says three locks and dams will be closed for ...

Boyce Upholt will bring his insights to the Quad-Cities on Thursday, Oct. 17, when he will be one of the speakers at the 18th annual Upper Mississippi River Conference.

As the Viking Mississippi sailed north along the Upper Mississippi River last month, Travel Agent delved into “the Iowa experience” at the ports of Burlington, Quad Cities (Davenport) and Dubuque.

A new collection of historic documents highlights the unique history of the “Driftless region" along the Mississippi River.

There are maps and charts from the beginnings of the Upper Mississippi River National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, established in 1924.

The Mississippi River is not just a recreational resource. Barges and tows move approximately 175 million tons of freight each year on the Upper Mississippi through the navigation system.

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. Locks and dams are a distinct feature of the ...

More: High water and prolonged flooding are changing the ecosystem of the Upper Mississippi River, a new report finds Where does the Mississippi River start and finish?

The construction of locks and dams, a major feat of engineering that occurred largely during the Great Depression, has transformed how the Mississippi River runs.