A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...
On the upper Mississippi, which stretches from the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota to Cairo, Illinois, south of St. Louis, the calmer, shallower offshoots of the river known as the ...
In the season’s first flood forecast issued Thursday, the National Weather Service described the flood risks in both the Minnesota and Mississippi River basins as near normal in Minnesota.