According to Pro Farmer, a lack of rain has led to reduced barge draft and tow sizes along the Mississippi river system, causing delays and groundings near Hickman, Ky., according to USDA’s ...

WINFIELD, Mo. — Firefighters were called to rescue three barge workers stranded on the Mississippi River Thursday night. The Winfield Foley Fire Protection District says that high winds blew the ...

South of St. Louis, parts of the Mississippi River are so low from weeks of drought that barge traffic is being limited. “As if agricultural shippers did not have enough supply chain challenges ...

Surging water from the Mississippi River led to a 2023 barge strike on a gate at Algiers Lock in New Orleans, according to a ...

(First Alert 4) - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is investigating a fire involving several boats left in a pit near the Mississippi River. The Rivers Pointe Fire Department responded ...

A first-of-its-kind project seeking to restore river ecosystems along 39 miles of the Lower Mississippi River has federal ...

As has happened with the mighty Paraná River in the heartland ... now has come the turn of the Mississippi with insufficient draft for the vessels and barges involved in transporting US grains.

KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers ... major barrier that prevents tows from pushing barges further upriver each season.