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Midwest waits for Mississippi River to reach crest - Jun 22, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Oren Dorell, USA TODAY. FOLEY, Mo. — About a dozen volunteers and residents stand ankle deep in mud, hefting sandbags around a tiny spring that threatens ... Mississippi River breaks nine levees - Jun 19, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldThe swollen Mississippi River has broken at least nine more levees as floodwaters swallowed up more US farmland, feeding inflation fears as corn prices ... Minneapolis: Bridge collapses into Mississippi River, at least 9... - Aug 2, 2007 YnetnewsAP. VIDEO - An interstate bridge jammed with rush-hour traffic suddenly broke into huge sections and collapsed into the Mississippi River, pitching dozens ... Editorial Observer; Katrina, the Mississippi River and the Risks of... - Sep 21, 2005 New York TimesBy VERLYN KLINKENBORG. In 1953, a young documentary filmmaker named Charles Dee Sharp traveled down the Mississippi River, shooting still photographs for a ... Eighth Body Believed Pulled From Mississippi River as Feds Discover … - Aug 9, 2007 FOXNewsAP. Aug. 6: Mary Dinger, left, Amber Keller, center, and Mike Keller view the site of the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minn. ... Ship collision shuts Mississippi River, spills fuel - Jul 24, 2008 Reuters IndiaBy Bruce Nichols. HOUSTON (Reuters) - A chemical tanker split a fuel barge in half on the Mississippi River on Wednesday, spilling thousands of gallons of ... … - Bridges and Tunnels - Minneapolis - Minnesota - Mississippi... - Aug 5, 2007 New York TimesThe I-35W bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River last week had been diagnosed by engineers as “structurally deficientâ€? two years ago. ... Floods Hit Midwest as Mississippi River Threatens - Jun 11, 2008 Washington PostAP. DES MOINES, June 10 -- Rising rivers wiped out an Iowa railroad bridge Tuesday, flooded Illinois farmland and forced residents along the Mississippi ... Mo. awards new Mississippi River bridge contract - Dec 30, 2009 ForbesAP , 12.30.09, 01:26 PM EST. CHESTERFIELD, Mo. -- Missouri Highway commissioners have approved a $229.5 million contract to build the main span of a new ... … Bridge Collapses Into Mississippi River/Adoptive Florida Mother... - Aug 1, 2007 CNN InternationalFirst of all, we go to the Mississippi River bridge collapse in Minneapolis. ... You are seeing live pictures of the collapse of the Mississippi River in ... Massive oil spill clogs Mississippi River - Jul 26, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldThe Mississippi River reopened to limited traffic on Friday, two days after a barge collided with a tanker spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel ... Two Freighters Collide on Mississippi River Near New Orleans - Oct 16, 2006 FOXNewsAP. Oct. 16: A small boat inspects a hole in the side of the 737-foot Panamanian-flagged Torm Anholt where it was damaged in a collision. ... Invasive carp threatens Great Lakes - Nov 30, 2009 USA TODAY - USA TodayThe Asian carp were spread by Mississippi River floods in the 1990s. ... A survey in an offshoot of the Mississippi River near St. Louis found 97% of the ... Halt in Mississippi River shipping may affect corn harvest, prices. - Sep 6, 2005 Free with registration - Omaha World-Herald - AccessMyLibrary.comSep. 6--Diesel and natural gas prices are at record levels, but the larger problem facing agriculture is when shipping will resume on the Mississippi River ... Experts: Mississippi River needs help - Environment- msnbc.com - Oct 16, 2007 msnbc.comWASHINGTON - States and the federal government are not doing enough to monitor and manage the water quality of the Mississippi River and its impact on the ... Forecaster: End is near to Mississippi River rise - Jun 23, 2008 Boston GlobeAP Writer / June 23, 2008. LOUISIANA, Mo. (AP) -- The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded ... … in Germany; Oil Spill Shuts Down Mississippi River; McCain Speaks... - Jul 24, 2008 CNN InternationalAnd a massive oil spill shuts down the Mississippi River near New Orleans ... BLITZER: The lower part of the Mississippi River is closed right now with a ... … terrible seasons, four Elite anglers find confidence on Mississippi... - Jun 12, 2009 ESPNBack up in the shallow water of the Mississippi River, Rowland has found his home ... All four would like to make the Mississippi River the place where they ... Pork barrels on the Mississippi River - Mar 16, 2005 ESPNBy Robert Montgomery. Comparing the economic impact of commercial navigation versus public recreation has prompted some critics to question the Corps' ... Mississippi River Delta to "Drown" by 2100? - Jun 29, 2009 National GeographicThe Mississippi River Delta is drowning, according to new research that predicts the surrounding coastline will be inevitably reshaped in coming decades. ... Mississippi River water inundates Missouri town after makeshift... - Jun 29, 2008 Malaysia StarWINFIELD, Missouri (AP) - A makeshift sandbag levee holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday and authorities said part of the town was ... Mississippi River's pilots adjusting to life after Katrina - Mar 11, 2006 Houston ChronicleAT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER - Down where this great American river meets the ... And their working life on the Mississippi River is a lot less ... At idle New Orleans port, big business awaits help - MarketWatch - Sep 9, 2005 MarketWatchLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Last year more than 31 million tons of cargo passed through the Port of New Orleans, headed either up the Mississippi River to ... Oil tanker runs aground in Mississippi River, Louisiana - Sep 29, 2009 NEWS.com.auA SINGAPORE-flagged tanker carrying more than 2.2 million litres of crude oil has run aground in the Mississippi River. US Coast Guard spokeswoman Elizabeth ... Peacefully Adrift as the Mississippi River Just Rolls Along - Jan 10, 2010 Boston GlobeBy Paul Schneider. THE same drifting log had caught up with our kayaks again. It was sometime during our third day on the Mississippi River, ... Peacefully Adrift as the Mississippi River Just Rolls Along - Jan 9, 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh Post GazetteBy PAUL SCHNEIDER, The New York Times. THE same drifting log had caught up with our kayaks again. It was sometime during our third day on the Mississippi ... Oil Barge Catches Fire After Colliding With Bridge on Mississippi... - Feb 2, 2007 FOXNews1: A string of barges carrying crude oil burn on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss. VICKSBURG, Miss. — A barge carrying crude oil erupted into ... River pilots vital to waterway's fiscal flow - Sep 27, 2005 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy law, Mississippi River pilots shepherd foreign vessels from the Gulf of ... The Mississippi River pilots recently started a local school to enhance ... Engine, cars plunge into river after trains collide - Dec 18, 2008 Seattle TimesAn engine and some railcars plunged into the Mississippi River. ... One train engine was partially submerged in the Mississippi River, Tlougan said. ... … youth build boats to float down the Mississippi River.(NEWS)(around... - Jul 21, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchProgram helps youth build boats to float down the Mississippi River.(NEWS)(around st. paul) ... find Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) articles. Mississippi River Bridge In Memphis, Tenn., Declared Safe, Re-Opened - Aug 28, 2007 FOXNewsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The bridge that carries Interstate 40 across the Mississippi River at Memphis was open Tuesday after being closed for nearly nine hours ... 1889 Pennsylvania Flood Was as Big as Mississippi River - Oct 21, 2009 Wired NewsBy Sid Perkins, Science News. PORTLAND, Ore. — The devastating flow released when a dam burst upstream of Johnstown, Pa., in May 1889 transformed a small, ... River pilots vital to waterway's fiscal flow ; Mississippi River relie... - Sep 28, 2005 Pay-Per-View - USA TODAY - ProQuest ArchiverBy law, Mississippi River pilots shepherd foreign vessels from the Gulf of ... Thirteen days after Katrina, the Mississippi River was declared safe for all ... Wrath of God: Mississippi - River Out of Control - Trailer - Cast - … - Jan 17, 2010 New York Times...some of the most dangerous and deadly natural disasters of all time, including this episode on the great flood of the Mississippi River in 1927. ... Flood fears for Mississippi river - Jun 17, 2008 NEWS.com.auUS officials today warily eyed the mighty Mississippi, swollen by days of flooding as waterlogged Iowan towns began a massive clean-up with damage set to ... ST. PAUL RIVERFRONT: "RIVER AS PARK"; Project aims to unite nature, … - May 9, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchSo they formed the Mississippi River Educational Partnership. Earlier ... ensuing partnership includes a federal Mississippi River National Center inside ... Corps wants to shift Mississippi River levee-repair funding - Feb 4, 2007 Seattle TimesThe Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to divert up to $1.3 billion for levee repairs from the Mississippi River's East Bank, which was... ... Mississippi River Visitor Center - Jan 24, 2010 New York TimesLocated inside the entrance to the Science Museum of Minnesota , the Mississippi River Visitor Center is operated by the National Park Service and designed ... Mississippi River Towns Face Economic Loss as River Cruises Dwindle - Jan 20, 2009 FOXNewsCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — For years, Mississippi River towns like Cape Girardeau have benefited from occasional visits from sternwheel riverboats. ... Mississippi River Reopens - Jul 29, 2008 FOXBusiness..." No doubt you do but this morning talk about another mode of travel or not traveling this morning more than 100 ships. And barges are stranded in the ... A less mighty Mississippi River . - Sep 19, 2006 Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveDuring the past 7000 years much of the Louisiana coast was created as the mouth of the Mississippi River meandered across coastline with sediment. ... Article: Lolling on the River; Following the Upper Mississippi by... - May 22, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchStatus and Trends of the Upper Mississippi River System," was issued today . ... Mississippi River as part of its Upper Mississippi River Campaign. ... Photo: Mississippi River Delta to "Drown" by 2100? - Jan 23, 2010 National GeographicThe Mississippi River Delta is drowning, according to research released in June 2009 that predicts the surrounding coastline will be inevitably reshaped in ... Article: A SIGN OF SPRING; BACK ON THE RIVER; Towboat's music … - Mar 21, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchMississippi River's Course The Mississippi River actually begins as a small ... River flow into the clear waters of the Mississippi River just north of St. ... Mississippi River bridge bid comes in $40M over budget - Dec 17, 2009 Bizjournals.comThe lowest bid for the largest part of the planned $640 million Mississippi River bridge has come in 21 percent higher than expected, ... Mississippi River reopens as flooding wanes - Jul 5, 2008 Reuters IndiaCHICAGO, July 5 (Reuters) - The Mississippi River, the most important US commercial waterway, reopened to water navigation on Saturday after much of it was ... Mississippi River trail: A good idea - Nov 21, 2007 ESPNBy Gregg Patterson. Look at a map of the United States: There it is. Right in the middle of the US. It starts in Minnesota and flows all the way down to ... The Mississippi: River of Song - Part 2, Midwestern Crossroads -... - Jan 18, 2010 New York TimesIn this episode of John Junkerman's four-part series on American music along the Mississippi River, the story starts in Galena, IL, and ends in Ste. ... NBC: Cleaning up the Mississippi River - Environment- msnbc.com - Jul 5, 2005 msnbc.comJuly 4: Despite naysayers, Chad Pregracke, 30, is making progress cleaning up the river, with corporations paying the way. NBC's Mark Potter reports. ... Christmas bonfires keep Mississippi River glowing - Dec 8, 2009 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Tim J. Mueller for USA TODAY. By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY. PAULINA, La. — No one's really sure how the popular and somewhat bizarre Christmas tradition of ... Stop along the Mississippi River - Jun 22, 2006 CNNBy Wanda McKinney. No matter how many times you see Oak Alley Plantation, the 300-year-old trees never fail to impress. (Southern Living) -- A one-of-a-kind ... … FAMILY MISSING IN A MISSISSIPPI RIVER BOATING ACCIDENT WANT … - May 14, 2007 $2.95 - St. Paul Pioneer Press - NewsBankDRESBACH, Minn. -- Family and friends huddled on the banks of the Mississippi River here all day Sunday, hoping for the discovery of a St. Paul couple and ... Curb Mississippi River runoff, EPA asked - Environment- msnbc.com - Jul 31, 2008 msnbc.comDec. 19: President Obama says that the climate agreement reached in Copenhagen is a 'breakthrough' that 'lays the foundation for international action in the ... A link only carp love - Jan 4, 2010 Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe artificial link connecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River ... Should the link between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River be severed? ... A city worth saving - Aug 29, 2006 USA TODAY - USA Today...how the city can be protected against Category 5 storms, and why the national interest requires action, one has to understand the Mississippi River. ... Public Fishing Access - Aug 8, 2005 ESPNHurd said he was confident that federal judges would see things differently, because historical rights of navigation on the Mississippi River have included ... Island building aids river's habitat - Sep 15, 2007 USA TODAY - USA TodayOn the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern ... Gary Dillabar, 63, said he remembers when the Mississippi River near ... Chicago river poisoned to block feared Asian carp - Dec 4, 2009 Reuters UK...can grow to 5 feet (1.5 metres) and weigh more than 100 pounds (45 kg), have come to dominate sections of the Mississippi River and its tributaries. ... Mississippi River Levee Bursts in Western Illinois - Jun 14, 2008 FOXNewsIllinois emergency authorities said a levee along the Mississippi River in far western Illinois burst Saturday and voluntary evacuations were under way in ... Record catfish dies en route to display - US news- msnbc.com - May 26, 2005 msnbc.comAngler Tim Pruitt, of Alton, Ill., holds a 124-pound blue catfish that he dragged out of the Mississippi River near Alton after a half-hour battle. ... US mid-west's farmland hit hard as urban areas virtually spared by... - Jan 22, 2010 The GuardianArmy national guard soldiers help keep the flooding Mississippi River from ... The Mississippi river gave and took away yesterday as ravaging flood waters ... Article: SIDE ROADS; River museum offers cruises.(TRAVEL) - Star … - Aug 6, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchCatch a cool breeze on the Mississippi River while learning about its natural ... The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa, ... Habitat islands emerge on Mississippi - Environment- msnbc.com - Sep 18, 2007 msnbc.comOn the Mississippi River below the verdant bluffs that mark the far southern ... Gary Dillabar, 63, said he remembers when the Mississippi River near ... Midwest Braces For More Flooding - Jun 16, 2008 CBS NewsBurlington is expecting a flood crest in the Mississippi River within the ... (CBS/AP) A string of towns on the Mississippi River in the Iowa's south and ... Mich. files suit in US high court over Asian carp - Dec 21, 2009 BusinessWeekAP) -- Michigan asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to sever a century-old connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River system to prevent ... River Grove man, 28, drowns in Mississippi River in Iowa - Sep 5, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Chicago Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverA Chicago-area man drowned while swimming with friends off a sandbar in the Mississippi River, authorities said Sunday. Searchers dragging the river were ... New Orleans Keeps Eye on Uncommonly High Mississippi River Levels - Apr 2, 2008 FOXNewsAP. April 1: People and dogs take a morning walk on the Mississippi River levee in River Ridge, La., a suburb of New Orleans. ... Fishing access on the line - Sep 27, 2006 ESPNThere is no common law right to fish and hunt on the Mississippi River up to the ordinary high-water mark when it periodically floods. ... Mississippi River cresting, receding - Jun 30, 2008 UPI.comST. LOUIS, June 30 (UPI) -- Cleanup began Monday in Mississippi River communities upriver from St. Louis, as the river began to drop after swamping ... A river runs through his dream - Aug 15, 2009 Toronto SunThe overall goal is to bring the Mississippi River to the forefront of public ... "The stretch of Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans has the ... More spillway bays opened to control Mississippi River - Apr 13, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayNEW ORLEANS (AP) — More bays have been opened on a flood control spillway to allow water from the overtaxed Mississippi River to flow into Lake ... Hope and Caution as Some See Signs of Mississippi River's Retreat - Jun 21, 2008 New York TimesIn besieged cities and towns along the Mississippi River, a tense calm descended Friday as residents greeted federal officials' predictions of lower flood ... Repairs to halt barges on upper Mississippi River - Mar 25, 2008 Reuters UKBy Lisa Shumaker. CHICAGO, March 25 (Reuters) - Emergency repairs to a lock will halt barge traffic on the upper Mississippi River for eight days ... Thousands forced to flee homes as rivers swell - Jun 12, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayForecasters watching the rising level of the Mississippi River were warning of ... Forecasters warned late Wednesday that the Mississippi River north of St. ... Rain should keep Mississippi River high for days - Apr 3, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayVICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Vicksburg and other communities along the lower Mississippi River on Friday monitored the threat of more rain across the central USA ... St. Paul firefighters receiving ice rescue training in Mississippi... - Jan 15, 2010 Pioneer PressThanks to a $1M federal grant, nearly all of St. Paul's 430 firefighters will receive ice-rescue training in the Mississippi River. By John Brewer ... Corps of Engineers to reopen Mississippi River locks - Jul 2, 2008 Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Minneapolis Star TribuneBy John McIntyre. ST. LOUIS -- The worst of the flooding on the Mississippi River appears over, and the Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to reopen three ... Mississippi River pushes toward flood stage at Vicksburg - Mar 25, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayNATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — The swollen Mississippi River pushed closer to flood stage and is expected to continue its upward climb toward a crest of 53.5 feet on ... LSU, Yale team study agricultural impact on Mississippi river - Jan 25, 2008 The HinduBATON ROUGE: According to a study published in “Natureâ€? by researchers at LSU and Yale University, farming has significantly changed the hydrology and ... Minnesota closes bridge over Mississippi River - Jun 4, 2008 FOXNewsWINONA, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Transportation abruptly closed a bridge over the Mississippi River here indefinitely Tuesday after inspectors ... Feds: 27 levees along Mississippi River could overflow if sandbags... - Jun 17, 2008 New York Daily NewsAP. OAKVILLE, Iowa - As southeastern Iowa and other parts of the Midwest prepared for the Mississippi River's wrath, the rest of Iowa began the slow move ... Mississippi River humbles walleye pros. - Oct 19, 2005 Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.comMOLINE, Ill. _ Marty Barski of Crystal Lake, Ill., summarized the pleading sentiment of anglers during the recent FLW Walleye Championships as they ran ... Train derails into Mississippi River in NE Iowa - Jul 9, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Melanie S. Welte, AP Writer. DES MOINES, Iowa — Four locomotives pulling a freight train derailed Wednesday into the Mississippi River after an apparent ... 3 barges hit bridge over swollen Mississippi River - Jun 10, 2008 USA TODAY - USA TodayBy Melanie S. Welte, AP Writer. DES MOINES, Iowa — Three barges loaded with corn broke loose from a towboat and slammed into a bridge over the swollen ... Mississippi River deep in grip of drought - Sep 4, 2006 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News ArchiveBy C Asso Pre .Vicksburg, Miss. With— every few inches the Mississippi River drops this summer, Billy Joe Ragland and thou sands of farmers just like him ... Midwest Bridge Over Mississippi River Reopens After Barge Accident - May 1, 2008 FOXNewsDes Moines, Iowa — Several fully loaded barges broke loose on the flood-swollen Mississippi River, striking two key bridges and forcing a halt to highway ... Busy Mississippi River Lock Reopened - Apr 1, 2008 FOXNewsWINFIELD, Mo. — The Army Corps of Engineers says it has reopened a lock on the Mississippi River near St. Louis that had been closed for repairs since last ... States agree to Mississippi River bridge - Feb 28, 2008 ForbesST. LOUIS (AP) - Missouri and Illinois ended years of bickering Thursday over how to pay for a new Mississippi River bridge and at what cost, announcing a ... Midwest Fights to Keep Floods at Bay; Senate Probes Interrogations;... - Jun 17, 2008 CNN InternationalAnd for those living downstream on the rising Mississippi River, the worst is yet ... This is, again, moving further downstream along the Mississippi River. ... Minnesota Bridge Over Mississippi River Closed Over Saftey Concerns - Mar 20, 2008 FOXNewsST. CLOUD, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Transportation closed a bridge over the Mississippi River in St. Cloud over safety concerns Thursday. ... Louisiana Begins Wetland Repair with Mississippi River Sediment - Apr 14, 2009 Environment News ServiceBELLE CHASSE, Louisiana, April 14, 2009 (ENS) - The first project in state history designed to mine sediments from the Mississippi River and transport them ... Ninth victim from bridge collapse recovered from Mississippi River - Aug 13, 2007 Monsters and Critics.comWashington - Recovery teams have recovered a ninth body after the collapse of a bridge spanning the Mississippi River in the city of Minneapolis-St. Paul, ... Man Drives Stolen Police Car Into Mississippi River - Jun 30, 2008 FOXNewsMETAIRIE, La. — Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 22-year-old River Ridge man stole a deputy's car and took it for a joyride on the Mississippi ... Feds: Floods May Bust 27 Levees Along Mississippi River - Jun 16, 2008 FOXNewsAP. June 15, 2008: University of Iowa official Rod Lehnertz and school president Sally Mason stand behind a wall of sandbags on campus. ... US Midwest braces for more flooding - Jun 17, 2008 Toronto StarMost requests for state aid were coming from Des Moines County, where the Mississippi River was expected to crest Tuesday evening at 26 feet in a mostly ... Flood victims worry: What's in the water? - Jun 16, 2008 FOXNewsThe federal government predicts that 27 levees could potentially overflow along the Mississippi River if the weather forecast is on the mark and a massive ... Mississippi river changes linked to farming, study finds - Jan 23, 2008 Reuters UKBy Will Dunham. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The mighty Mississippi, North America's largest river, is being dramatically changed by farming practices that have ... Article: Man's body found in Mississippi River.(NEWS) - Star Tribune... - May 31, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Star Tribune - HighBeam ResearchMan's body found in Mississippi River.(NEWS) ... find Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) articles. Byline: Howie Padilla; Staff Writer A man's body was pulled ... Hard-Drinking College Town Struggles to Curb Drownings - Oct 23, 2006 New York TimesLA CROSSE, Wis., Oct. 22 (AP) — This month, searchers combing the Mississippi River found the body of the eighth college-age man in nine years to disappear ... Lower Mississippi River coal hubs shut by Gustav - Sep 3, 2008 Reuters UKHOUSTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Large US coal shipment terminals on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans remained shut Wednesday because of Hurricane ... Minority, women contractors urged to bid on Mississippi River ... - 06 Aug 2009 Belleville News DemocratLOUIS -- With plans for the new $640 million Mississippi River bridge almost complete, the Illinois and Missouri transportation departments are encouraging Corps of Engineers hosts Illinois River open houses - 06 Aug 2009 Morris Daily HeraldThe inspections are not open to the public, but are part of the Mississippi River Commission's annual low water inspection trip, which begins Sunday, Aug. Mississippi-Gulf River Outlet Suit Can Continue - 06 Aug 2009 Newsinferno.comThe plaintiffs—six hurricane survivors—allege the Corps was negligent in building and maintaining the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet (nicknamed MR-GO), Testing the waters: Chinese scientists visit area to learn about ... - 06 Aug 2009 Alton Telegraph...the researchers will attend Great Rivers Research and Education Center's conference, "Visions of a Sustainable Mississippi River," in Collinsville and River time for bowfishing! - 06 Aug 2009 Minneapolis Star TribuneBowfishing Association and the Wisconsin Bowfishing Association hosted a meet and greet event between the two clubs on pool 5 of the Mississippi River. River Drive still closed; resurfacing scheduled in Clinton ... - 06 Aug 2009 Quad City TimesThe Interstate 80 bridge across the Mississippi River will be opened to two-way traffic by Aug. 14 but the span will have to be closed entirely for about 10 Bridge construction paves way to Tug Fest - 06 Aug 2009 WQAD...leclaire, Iowa - As one of leclaire's newest businesses, the Bier Stube's opening in March coincided with bridge repairs over the nearby Mississippi River. Possible break in missing person case - 06 Aug 2009 Belleville News DemocratPolice reopened the case a few years ago. New leads took them to a 100-acre site on private property in Perry County, near the Mississippi River. Arkansas' Big-Buck Roundup - 06 Aug 2009 Arkansas Sportsman MagazineJeremy McMahan, 33, lives in Tupelo, Miss., where he makes designer furniture from Mississippi River driftwood and deer antlers. Road trips lead to love for gardening - 06 Aug 2009 Hattiesburg AmericanWe would sometimes go across the Mississippi River Bridge into Louisiana to visit the backwaters and sandbars; other times into the Issaquena County Game Hidden Memphis history: Gayoso Bayou a buried treasure filled with ... - 06 Aug 2009 Memphis Commercial AppealEchoing, it sounds like a mountain stream as it pools along the floor and flows in the opposite direction of the Mississippi River. Come ghost hunt at Jefferson College - 06 Aug 2009 Natchez DemocratNatchez, the oldest European American settlement on the Mississippi River, was founded by the French in 1716. However, even before the arrival of the Austin-area mussel is a big discovery - 06 Aug 2009 Austin American-StatesmanSearches conducted during the past 100 years have shown that East Texas, which is closer to the extremely productive Mississippi River basin, Sacrificial virgins of the Mississippi - 06 Aug 2009 SalonAt its peak in the 12th century, this settlement along the Mississippi River bottomland of western Illinois, a few miles east of modern-day St. Louis, Update on I-80 reconstruction project from Mississippi River ... - Aug 4, 2009 Quad-Cities OnlineDixon, IL – The Illinois and Iowa Departments of Transportation announce the following update to the I-80 reconstruction project from the Mississippi River 1st phase of project to build a state park along the Mississippi ... - Aug 5, 2009 WREGBy AP LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Work has begun on a state park along the Mississippi River more than 40 years after Gov. Orval Faubus signed legislation to 'Rock the River' Draws 65000 in St. Louis - Aug 3, 2009 Christian Post...“We've come up the Mississippi River, right here behind me, fishing – fishing for the souls of America's youth,â€? the evangelist added, “to bring these kids Minn. sues firm for $37 million in bridge collapse - Jul 31, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle...has paid to 179 survivors, including families of the 13 people killed, when the bridge collapsed into the Mississippi River during the evening rush Aug. Proposed pier location has issues, Corps says - Aug 5, 2009 South Washington County BulletinThe City of Newport has installed this sign at the end of Sixth Street, warning residents that they use the Mississippi River access at their own risk. A water-level view of what ails the Minnesota River - Aug 4, 2009 Minnesota Public RadioSome of the cropland delivers enough fertilizer and herbicide runoff and sediment to the Mississippi River, via the Minnesota, to play a significant role in Filmmaker Paddles Down the Entire Mississippi River - Aug 2, 2009 WKBTHave you ever wondered what it would be like to paddle your way down the entire Mississippi River? Ryan Jeanes took off from Lake Itaska with a few Plan to host riverboat runs into the shoals - Aug 4, 2009 Minneapolis Star TribuneBoat operator Dan Nelson said he's still hoping to dock next year at an Anoka park on the Mississippi River for cruises down to the Coon Rapids dam. River rescue: Anglers catch pilot - Aug 1, 2009 Brainerd Daily DispatchThe single-engine airplane that crash landed Thursday in a rice paddy on the Mississippi River went down moments after it had taken off Mississippi River group: New name, new logo, same mission - Jul 31, 2009 Post-BulletinWINONA A group promoting and helping the Mississippi River in this region has a new name, new leader, new logo and new powers. I-35W bridge collapse - Aug 4, 2009 Examiner.comThe bridge was part of the US Interstate road system, I-35W, and crossed the Mississippi River at Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was completed in 1967 and was Memphis Civil War Tour - Aug 4, 2009 Examiner.comBuilt on the Mississippi River, Memphis, had the unfortunate luck of having its major industry irrevocably tied to the north. The crop of the South, cotton, Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN - Aug 4, 2009 Post-BulletinBut not only have Mississippi River marinas seen just as many boats as in years past but with gas prices nearly $1.50 less than last summer, the year that Take a Day OFF on the river - Aug 2, 2009 St. Cloud TimesSARTELL — Minnesota is the land of lakes, but the Mississippi River deserves some local recognition. Lansing riverboat captain Jack Libbey contributes to exhibit at ... - Aug 5, 2009 Waukon StandardNow the owner of Mississippi Explorer Cruises out of Lansing, Libbey piloted the Jack D. Wofford towboat up and down the Mississippi River for over 25 years Man to kayak Mississippi River - Jul 28, 2009 ReporterNews.comThe Mississippi River is a water source for more than 4 million people. Brian Righi plans to practice kayaking several hours a day at Nelson Park in The Nation's weather - Jul 29, 2009 The Associated PressThis system was likely to continue producing a cold front from the Northeast, down the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys, and into the Southern Plains, Army Corps of Engineers plans open house Thursday aboard its ... - Aug 4, 2009 Canton Daily LedgerA public open house with the Mississippi River Commission will be held from 4 to 7 pm Thursday, Aug. 6, at Peoria Riverfront Park, 200 NE Water St., Peoria. Man dragged under Mississippi River barge sues - Jul 29, 2009 St. Clair Record...a pilot on the M/V Hartford Beaver, which was owned by National Maintenance and Repair, on March 11 when the incident occurred on the Mississippi River. Body in Mississippi River is identified - Jul 30, 2009 St. Louis Post-DispatchLOUIS -- A man whose body was pulled from the Mississippi River Wednesday evening near Riverview Drive and Scranton Avenue had a history of mental illness Dead Zone in Gulf Is Smaller Than Forecast but More Concentrated ... - Jul 27, 2009 New York Times...based on measurements of the nitrogen and phosphorus entering the water from agricultural runoff and other sources in the Mississippi River watershed. Watch for lane closures on I-270 over Mississippi River bridge ... - Jul 29, 2009 Belleville News DemocratLanes of Interstate 270 over the Mississippi River in both directions will be closed intermittently from Monday to Thursday to perform inspections of the Barrier needed to keep Asian carp out of Great Lakes - Aug 4, 2009 Dearborn Press and GuideAnd now, bighead carp are continuing their northward migration up the Mississippi River and are close to invading the Great Lakes, which are connected to Mississippi River Adventure Day - Jul 28, 2009 WXOW.comLansing, Iowa (WXOW) Children and their parents received a "hands on" education about the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge during Firefighters rescue boaters on Mississippi River - Jul 27, 2009 St. Louis Post-DispatchARNOLD -- Authorities stopped barge traffic and rescued three people from a stranded boat late Sunday night on the Mississippi River. Senate Begins Debate on $34.3B Energy and Water Appropriations Bill - Jul 27, 2009 New York TimesIt allots $340 million for flood-damage reduction projects in the Mississippi River Valley, $89 million more than the House approved. Early registration for the second annual Upper Mississippi River ... - Jul 31, 2009 Quad-Cities OnlineThis year"s second annual Upper Mississippi River Conference: Weaving multiple uses into sustainable river communities, September 23-25, 2009, will present Marin kayakers paddling Mississippi River for fundraiser - Jul 31, 2009 Marin Independent-JournalBrian Coggan of Sausalito is seen near the headwaters of the Mississippi River in Minnesota. (Provided by Danielle Katz) Paddling eight hours a day for more The beauty of the Twin Cities – Minneapolis and Saint Paul - Aug 4, 2009 Examiner.comSeparated by the Mississippi River, the Twin Cities can best be described as fraternal siblings: Saint Paul laid back with a small town feel, Minneapolis a Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted - Jul 24, 2009 The Associated Press...caused by bacteria feeding on algae blooms from the flow of farming runoff and other nutrients from the Mississippi River and others. Dubuque seeks money for Mississippi River Plaza - Jul 30, 2009 Radio IowaThe outdoor eco-park would connect the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium with the soon-to-open Great Rivers of the World Center. MR-GO case damages could exceed $1 billion - Aug 4, 2009 The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comJohn McCusker/The Times-Picayune archiveConstruction of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet caused a loss of property Mississippi River Gulf Outlet now blocked with 352000 tons of rock - Jul 24, 2009 The Times-Picayune - NOLA.comConstruction of the barrier closing off the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet is now complete, the Army Corps of Chinese scientists study Mississippi in great rivers exchange [La ... - Aug 1, 2009 TMCnetThe scientists had come to learn about the Long Term Resources Monitoring Program on the Upper Mississippi River, a multi-agency effort to collect data used See Mississippi River Mud turn into beautiful art Aug. 8 - Jul 30, 2009 Quad-Cities OnlineFrank Ross has a unique talent for turning mud from the Mississippi River into beautiful art. 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