The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from ...

Wisconsin’s second oldest city sits where the Wisconsin River meets the mighty Mississippi, creating a perfect Memorial Day ...

Communities along the freshwater Mississippi River are facing a growing threat from an intrusion of saltwater moving the wrong way up the river from the Gulf of Mexico. It has wreaked havoc on ...

NEW ORLEANS — High river levels caused six barges to break loose, one barge to sink, and halted river traffic near New Orleans Sunday night, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. There were no ...

But in 2007, Iowa’s state law changed, allowing for land-based casino gambling. By 2013, Harrah’s scrapped the Kanesville Queen, leaving Ameristar as the lone riverboat casino in the area. That will ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The United States Coast Guard is investigating a vessel collision on the Lower Mississippi River that sunk a barge. According to guardsmen, around 9:20 p.m. on Sunday ...

Interested in kayaking on the Mississippi River in the heart of Minneapolis or St. Paul? The Paddle Share program is bringing this resource to people who might otherwise never have considered a kayak ...

During high-water events like we're currently experiencing on the Lower Mississippi, rising river levels flood the batture, the strip of land between the river and the levee. The flooding drives ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Coast Guard responded to a vessel collision that caused a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday (April 27 ...

On Saturday, teams hit the Mississippi Sound for a boat race that gives back to the community. 17 teams competed for the first-place paddle at the 10th annual Gulf Coast Dragon Boat Festival hosted by ...

McCraw said the new Park Ten Road expansion is another way to add to its downtown infrastructure. The city cut the ribbon on ...

A vessel collision resulted in a barge breakaway and one sunken barge on the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday night. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a ...