Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. Visitors there can see the headwaters and cross the river on foot ...

(KNSI) - Nearly 95% of Minnesota is at least abnormally dry, but the St. Cloud area continues to be spared. The worst drought ...

Itasca State Park is a Minnesota state park that is home to Lake Itasca and the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It was established in 1891 and is the state’s first state park. The Itasca ...

The "Mighty" Mississippi River is a true giant of American waterways, but if you're wondering exactly how long it is, don't expect one single, definitive answer.

Rathert plans to kayak the entire 2,400 miles of the Mississippi from the headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico, but she’s not just doing it for the experience. Rathert teamed up with the group ...

The Mississippi River’s water levels frequently fluctuate based on a variety of factors, from seasonal variations in snowmelt running down from the Midwest and the river’s northern headwaters ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced today, March 20, that the first tow of the 2025 navigation season ...

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Vice Chairman of the Red Cross James Fieser. Ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back, can not tame that lawless stream ...