Bulging Rivers Spread in Midwest as Snow Adds to Flood Danger March 21, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The deluge that devastated so much of Nebraska is now moving downstream to threaten cities in Missouri and Kansas as...
Mississippi River Closed at New Orleans After Oil Spill February 25, 2014 A 65-mile stretch of the Mississippi River remained closed at New Orleans on Monday following a weekend collision that resulted...
Cities Sued Over Fatal Mississippi River Bridge Accident December 20, 2013 Two lawsuits have been filed against the cities of Vidalia, La., and Natchez, Miss., along with various other agencies in...
Parents File Civil Suit Against Iowa Boat Operators October 7, 2013 The parents of an Iowa man killed in a Mississippi River boating crash filed the first of what could be...
Part of Mississippi River Closed to Salvage Sunken Tug July 10, 2013 The Coast Guard says it has closed a section of the Mississippi River southeast of New Orleans, La., so a...
Mississippi River Crests Not Expected to Cause Flooding May 3, 2013 New forecasts show the Mississippi River is unlikely to cause major flooding as it crests during coming weeks in Mississippi...
Towing Vessel Sinks Near New Orleans March 11, 2013 The Coast Guard says it has deployed boom and is monitoring the spot where a towing vessel sank in the...
Former Tugboat Crewman Wins Lawsuit Over Katrina March 16, 2012 A former towboat crew member has won a $4.3 million judgment on claims that he suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome after...
Iowa Governor Requests Disaster Designation July 1, 2011 Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for a disaster designation for six western Iowa...
Corps Opens Gates at Louisiana’s Bonnet Carre Spillway May 10, 2011 By Michael Kunzelman and Mary Foster The Army Corps of Engineers on May 9 partially opened a spillway that diverts the swollen Mississippi River’s rising water...