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07/18/11 The city of Quincy is waiting to enter into negotiations with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency over a long-term plan to limit the amount of untreated water sent into the Mississippi River.
07/18/11 Potosi is a Grant County, Wis. village right off the Mississippi River and rich in history. It's also has more than one national claim to fame.
07/18/11 Texas A&M oceanographers say they expect the 3,800-square-mile "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico to expand because of floodwaters flowing from the Mississippi River.
07/17/11 Although a new Mississippi River bridge remains a priority, the officials drawing up a long-range transportation plan for Greater Memphis are focusing less on new roads and structures than on making existing corridors more efficient and accommodating.
07/17/11 Vicky and I live in the 2nd district so I may be a little biased, but from the peaks of Barn Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River valley in historic Red Wing to the woodlands and wetlands of Carver County, this area is home to some of Minnesota's most scenic views.
07/17/11 The Metro-East Black Contractors Organization said it will shut down the Mississippi River bridge construction project if more minority contractors are not hired.
07/17/11 My children and I have watched boats go through the locks on the Mississippi River, but this time we were in one. As the water drained, our flotilla of wood canoes descended deeper into the shadow between two massive walls.
07/16/11 FILE - In this June 3, 2011 file photo, water from the Mississippi River, left, is seen from the air as it is diverted through the floodgates of the Bonnet Carre Spillway towards Lake Pontchartrain (not pictured) in Norco, La., just upriver from New Orleans.
07/16/11 PORTAGE DES SIOUX, Mo. - If you ever wanted to catch a glimpse of the elusive mythological mermaid, this small town on the Mississippi River was the place to be Saturday.
07/16/11 A train derailed on a road washed out from overnight rains near a Mississippi River tributary Saturday, injuring the engineer and conductor.
07/16/11 The Metro-East Black Contractors Organization said it will shut down the Mississippi River bridge construction project if more minority contractors are not hired.
07/16/11 BELLAIRE An enormous generator that has been slowly making its way from Mount Vernon finally arrived here Friday that will be loaded onto a barge at Bellaire Harbor Service to be shipped down the Ohio and Mississippi River system, 1,900 miles to...
07/15/11 The money will be used to make several urban parks along the Mississippi River more inviting to bird species.
07/15/11 An engineer says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may have to undertake work on the Mississippi River Levee system with no supplemental appropriation from Congress.
07/14/11 The Okee Dokee Brothers Find Living Art(and fun) on the Mississippi River To say the Okee Dokee Brothers, Joe Mailander on guitar and Justin Lansing on banjo, are like a breath of fresh air is very close to the literal truth. Their music finds its birth in the wild outdoors and in the spirit, wit and imagination of Mark Twain. Like modern pied pipers their music feels like deep breath of ...
07/14/11 The Ramsey County Medical Examiner has confirmed that a body pulled from the Mississippi River in St. Paul Tuesday belongs to a missing swimmer
07/13/11 One pitch, one swing, one long haul up north. The Burlington Grayhounds will be more than happy to fill out the expense report after making a four-hour plus trip from their home on the Mississippi River up to Fort Dodge and the state tournament.
07/13/11 Free Flow Power Corp., a renewable energy company with offices in Boston, said its first full-scale hydrokinetic turbine generator on the Mississippi River is up and running. Arrays of such generators have the potential to provide enough power to represent a viable alternative to conventional power plants, the company says.
07/12/11 Also, House approves an increase in Mississippi River dredging money
07/12/11 The deadline for residents, displaced from their homes in Bolivar County from the Mississippi River flood of 2011, to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is Monday, July 11, 2011.
07/11/11 The Dakota County Medical Examiner has identified a body that was found July 5 near the Mississippi River in Inver Grove Heights. | 
