Prairie du Chien’s industrial landscape – where honest work meets the mighty Mississippi and boat captains wave to factory workers. Photo credit: Wikipedia Wisconsin’s second-oldest city sits along ...

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Local News St. Charles man leaves boat, drowns in Mississippi River over weekend A man was on a boat near Two Branch Island when he got into the water for an unknown reason.

Heavy rains in Minnesota over the past several weeks are going to cause the Mississippi River to exceed its 15-foot flood stage at Lock and Dam 15 at Rock Island.

Multiple agencies are searching for a missing 20-year-old swimmer in the Mississippi River near Grafton, Illinois.

Mississippi River Distilling Company will open a new cocktail house and production facility this summer in the former Artisan Grains Distillery building.

A man wanted on warrants jumped into the Mississippi River to avoid arrest Sunday morning. He was rescued and taken into custody.

A man jumped off a bridge into the Mississippi River while fleeing a traffic stop in Davenport early Sunday morning.

The Mississippi River Festival returns to Alton, Illinois, for two nights of music along the riverfront.

Family members believe a body found in the Mississippi River is Jameshia Selders, who was reported missing from New Orleans' Riverwalk area while out with friends.

Black Hawk Bridge connecting Lansing, Iowa with Wisconsin across the Mississippi River opened again Monday after engineers closed the bridge over concerns about its structural integrity.

Editorial: The Trump administration is shutting down funding for a major Corps of Engineers study of multitudinous issues related to the Mississippi River. They study is desperately needed, and ...