The Latest Breaking News from the Mississippi River

Authorities believe the remains found inside the sunken vehicle belong to Roy Benn, who disappeared in 1967 with a large sum of money.

Eliotte Heinz's dead body was found in the Mississippi River. The La Crosse Police Department's chief said they weren't expecting this heartbreaking outcome.

Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new report

A Louisiana landscape where centuries-old sugar cane plantations and Afro-Creole culture remain preserved along the Mississippi River will no longer be eligible for consideration for federal recognition following a request from state officials

The crew of a tugboat was quickly rescued when their vessel sank into the Mississippi River following a collision with a tanker ship in Louisiana

'We are no more going to take back the Panama Canal than Panama is going to come in and try to take the Mississippi River from us,' Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said

Des Moines, is an Iowa city that will hold you spellbound with its history and a surprising number of "Wait, what?" moments. From popular facts like Des Moines having the most extensive skywalk systems in the country to local staple news that the city lays claim to the first U.S.…

State and federal authorities in Louisiana celebrated breaking ground on an ambitious $330 million conservation project intended to revitalize one of the state's largest swamp ecosystems by reconnecting it with the Mississippi River

The scene at the end of the 19th century in what was known as Indian Territory — at one point encompassing most of the present-day United States west of the Mississippi River — would seem familiar to anyone following the news about the crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border.