However any of us may feel about river names, I understand that an official change for labels of any part of the current Mississippi River is unlikely. Serial approval of local, then state and ...

The Mississippi is America’s national river; the seam that both binds and bounds the nation. The country’s consciousness courses through its waters. Mark Twain saw to that.

You’ll find the Mississippi at its narrowest point at its headwaters in Lake Itasca, where it’s between 20 and 30 feet. The river’s widest point is only about 50 miles east, at Lake ...

Jim Noren, St. Paul District hydrologist in charge of the headwaters reservoirs water levels, said the primary goal is lowering the reservoir levels to gain storage capacity by March 1.

Two Wisconsin men are paddling the full length of the Mississippi River, chasing a bucket list adventure that’s been decades ...

The River Connects Us” is a photographic display that explores life and culture on the Mississippi River, from the Lake ...

The board approved funding for 2 projects including surveying a section of the Mississippi River with drones for buckthorn, ...

Minnesota to take the pulse of the Mississippi River, from the headwaters to Iowa border. State regulators will study the health of Minnesota’s entire 650-mile stretch of the river this year.

On the way along the Brule River, she met Henry Rowe Schoolcraft’s expedition. Interested in finding the headwaters of the Mississippi River, Schoolcraft hired Ozaawindib as a guide.

The Mississippi River is one of the most important bodies of water in the United States, ... At the headwaters, the river runs at 1.2 miles per hour which is about one half as fast as people walk.

Mississippi's longest alligator on record was caught by hunters in 2023 in the Yazoo River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. It officially measured 14 feet, 3 inches and weighed 802 1/2 pounds.