Some 6 million tons of commodities passed through the lock and dam along the Mississippi River in Hastings in 2023, and with navigation season at a pause, crews this winter have undertaken the ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - The Army Corps of Engineers announced more locks and dams are now closed along the Mississippi River amid flooding. The lock in Dubuque and Fulton, Illinois closed Friday.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, expects to close two locks on the Mississippi River because of rising river levels. The closures are necessary as the Mississippi River overtops ...

(AP) The Mississippi River’s 70-year-old system of locks and dams urgently needs upgrades to accommodate barges that have gotten bigger over time, a group of federal lawmakers is warning after last ...

The 27 locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River — a 858-mile stretch from Minneapolis to the junction with the Ohio River south of St. Louis — were primarily constructed in the 1930s and ’40s. At ...

With all but two locks closed along the Upper Mississippi River, local barge traffic has come to a complete halt, said spokesman Allen Marshall, with the Rock Island District of the Army Corps of ...

WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- The Army Corps of Engineers says a lock on the Mississippi near St. Louis that had been closed for repairs since last week has reopened. Corps spokesman Alan Dooley said Lock 25 ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Two Iowa locks are listed among the five on the Mississippi River that an advocacy group says require the most urgent attention to allow an increase in barge traffic. The Midwest Area ...

WASHINGTON -- Midwest lawmakers convinced the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday to reject an effort to slow the planned $3.4 billion expansion of seven aging locks and dams on the upper ...

ST. LOUIS — The last of the Mississippi River navigational locks that were closed to barges because of flooding are back in business. Jennifer Godfrey, of the Army Corps of Engineers, said locks in ...