The American Library Association (ALA) has set Oct. 5-11, 2025 as Banned Book Week with the theme, Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights. Since 2020 the number of banned or “challenged” ...

COMMENTARY: Though known as America’s great humorist, Twain called his novel on Joan of Arc the ‘best of all my books.’ ...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine puts Ukrainian, Russian, and Eastern European geography and history front and center, but each near-meaningless without the other.

Granville looks like someone picked up a perfect East Coast town and gently set it down in Ohio. Bright red brick buildings and tall white church towers create views worthy of postcards. The town ...

A full day of outdoor adventure costs less than one fancy dinner. This town shows that the best recreation often comes with the smallest price tags. Ohio’s summer playground offers fun that won’t ...

is offering several tours on the history of the Mississippi River during September and October at the center, 2609 County Road 76. Mississippi River Pontoon Tours will run at noon and 2 p.m. on ...

CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The Mississippi River stretches more than 2,400 miles from northern Minnesota down to the Gulf. A Quad Cities native took on that entire journey — but in an uncommon way. For 55 ...

Thanks to “Ol’ Man River,” the Broadway show tune made famous by Paul Robeson, many of us grew up thinking of the Mississippi River not merely as a piece of geography but a giant personality. That ...

LANSING, Iowa (WKBT) -- Lansing Police have released the name of the Wisconsin man found dead in the Mississippi River. 63-year-old Robert Merlin Biertzer of Brownsville, Wisconsin, reportedly fell ...

LANSING, Iowa (KWWL) -- Police have identified the man who died after falling into the Mississippi River. The victim was a 63-year-old man from Brownsville, Wisconsin. Authorities said he fell into ...

SARTELL, Minn. (WKRC/WCCO/CNN Newsource) - Investigators have recovered a car from the Mississippi River, potentially shedding light on a decades-old cold case. The vehicle, submerged for nearly 60 ...

The Mississippi River looked a little different Saturday as a 10-mile section from Rock Island to Hampton was closed to boat traffic and filled instead with more than 1,000 kayaks & paddleboards for ...