ST PAUL, Minn. — Here's another sign it's that time of year, when we batten down the hatches for months and months of the big chill. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced ...

Parker Towing rechristened two tow boats in honor of long-time employees, Ladonna Rubio and Beverly Jo Smith. Rubio, who passed away from cancer, was honored posthumously, with the boat christened in ...

The unofficial start of the Mississippi River navigation season has begun. The Motor Vessel Neil N. Diehl went through Lock and Dam 2, in Hastings on Wednesday, with nine barges. Reaching Hasting and ...

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) — The shipping season officially opened Wednesday on the Upper Mississippi River. A spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that at 6:33 a.m. the towboat Reggie G ...

NEW ORLEANS — A viral video captured by New Orleans native Earl Weber shows a dramatic close call as a towboat desperately pushes 24 barges out of harm's way on the Mississippi River near Woldenberg ...