Latest Mississippi River News
Gulf's 'dead zone' forecast to be smaller than average, but still twice reduction goal
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles (10,761 square kilometers) this year. That's about 1,200 square miles (3,107 square kilometers) smaller than the...
Body of missing Louisiana woman recovered from Mississippi River
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) — Authorities have recovered the body of a Louisiana woman who went missing after a boating accident on the Mississippi River. Search crews with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the West Feliciana Parish Sheriff's Office pulled the...
Minnesota governor signs $2.6B infrastructure plan, a bipartisan success from a partisan session
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz signed a $2.6 billion public infrastructure package Thursday, the largest in state history and the biggest bipartisan success of an often partisan legislative session. The two bills together use $1.5 billion in borrowing and $1.1 billion in cash to...
Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation
DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash...
Medicaid expansion for new moms wins approval in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lower-income new mothers could gain a full year of Medicaid health-care coverage in Missouri under legislation given final approval Friday as part of a national push to improve maternal health. The legislation, which now goes to Gov. Mike Parson, would...
Mississippi River crests at Davenport, testing barriers
BUFFALO, Iowa (AP) — Dale O’Donnell bought his small brick home only 100 yards or so from the Mississippi River because he enjoys watching the river and wanted a good view from his front porch. He got his money’s worth Monday as the Mississippi crested at a near-record high...
Flood concerns rise as Mississippi River crests in Iowa city
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The surging Mississippi River was cresting in Iowa on Saturday as melting snow from Minnesota and Wisconsin continues to push up river levels, the National Weather Service said. The weather service said the river was cresting between 23 and 24.3 feet (7 and 7.4...
Minnesota woman who left newborn to die sentenced to prison
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman who admitted to leaving her newborn son to die near the Mississippi River two decades ago has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Jennifer Matter, of Belvidere Township outside Red Wing, was sentenced Friday for second-degree murder,...
Containers secured to shore after Wisconsin train derailment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Crews have secured two container cars that began floating away in the Mississippi River after a freight train derailed in southwestern Wisconsin, officials said Friday. Thursday's derailment in Crawford County involved two of the train’s three locomotives...
Train derails in Wisconsin, sends 2 cars into river
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A freight train derailed along the Mississippi River in southwestern Wisconsin Thursday, possibly injuring one crew member and sending two cars into the water, officials said. The train derailed in Crawford County at about 12:15 p.m. Two of the train’s three...
