It's — unofficially — winter on the upper Mississippi River. The last dozen barges of the season departed from St. Paul, Minnesota, on Nov. 25, pushed south by the Motor Vessel Sierra Dawn, according ...
Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...
The last Mississippi River barge of the year departed St. Paul on Tuesday, ending the 2025 Upper Mississippi shipping season. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul district, the M.V.