Congress and the administrations that occupied the White House for most of the post-World War II era have a seemingly unbreakable habit of kicking what has become a rusty can down the road. The latest ...

BELLEVUE, Iowa — U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) said she wanted to make updating an aging Mississippi River lock and dam system a long-term priority. The Iowa representative toured Lock and Dam 12, ...

Lock and Dam No. 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa, (pictured) was dewatered and maintained in 2010-11. A similar project began this week on Lock and Dam No. 7 in La Crescent. (Submitted photo: Army Corps of ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — With bipartisan support for a proposed $1.2 trillion investment in America’s aging infrastructure, members of Iowa’s congressional delegation are optimistic upgrades to the Mississippi ...

The Lower Monumental Dam will be closed part of the day for repairs. The Columbia-Snake River System is a keystone of the Pacific Northwest agricultural economy, an advocate for river users says. An ...

BROOKPORT (WSIL) — A system to help boats and barges travel the Ohio River in Brookport is set to be demolished. Crews will soon be setting off explosives daily to slowly take down the nearly 100-year ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The St. Paul District is investing more than $18 million in tow rail systems, vital pieces of equipment which assist tows locking through locks and dams when traveling upriver. Locks ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - In the final week of April, crews discovered cracks in the anchorage at Lock and Dam No. 11 in Dubuque. The finding prompted an immediate emergency closure of the structure and ...

No matter the weather, at the McAlpine Locks and Dam, ice left unchecked can wreak havoc on the system.