The environmental nonprofit Wings2Water has awarded $26,000 to local organizations whose projects aim to address water quality in the Mississippi River watershed.

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.

The yellow dotted line shows the entire habitat restoration and enhancement project, covering about 2,600 acres, including Steamboat Island, in the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and ...