Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from the Mississippi River

Historic bridge over Mississippi River set for explosive demolition

Officials are expecting a large crowd to witness the implosion

The Independent UK

Quincy man caused a massive flood in the Mississippi river to stop his wife from coming home — just so he could party and drink with friends

People are still split on whether his trial was fair or unjust.

We Got This Covered

A fisherman spotted an old Buick in the Mississippi River. The human remains inside may have solved a decades-old missing person’s case

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

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Who is Eliotte Heinz: Missing Wisconsin Grad Student Found Dead in Mississippi Rive

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.

International Business Times UK

Eliotte Heinz Found Dead in Mississippi River: Search Ends in Tragedy After Wisconsin Woman Vanishes After Bar Visit

The body of Eliotte Heinz, a 22-year-old woman from Wisconsin who vanished after leaving a bar, has been found in the Mississippi River. Her disappearance sparked a days-long search that ended in heartbreak.

International Business Times UK

Mystery as body of 22-year-old graduate student is found in the river after she vanished walking home from the bar

The tragic discovery comes after the community and police looked for Eliotte Heinz for days

The Independent UK

DNA reveals identity of man whose body was found more than three decades ago in Missouri

Authorities in Missouri say DNA samples have solved a 1994 cold case, identifying a man's body found in the Mississippi River more than three decades ago

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Three men who went missing while fishing found dead in Mississippi River

The bodies of three men, reported missing while fishing and swimming on a Mississippi River sandbar, have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities confirmed on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

The great Mississippi tops list of most endangered rivers amid fears over Trump rollbacks

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

The Guardian - US

National Park Service withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration

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 Independent UK

Tugboat sinks in the Mississippi River after collision with tanker ship in Louisiana

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

The Independent UK

Democrat Congresswoman Calls Trump's 'Preposterous' Play For Panama Canal A Bid to Please Billionaires

'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

International Business Times

Top 10 Fun Facts About Des Moines, Iowa

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.…

inkl

To save a dying swamp, Louisiana aims to restore the Mississippi River's natural flow

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 Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Conversation

White U.S. citizens once flooded into Indian Territory, prompting calls for mass deportations

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.

The Independent UK

St. Louis was once known as Mound City for its many Native American mounds. Just one remains

What is now St_ Louis was once home to over 100 human-made mounds constructed by Native Americans — so many that St_ Louis became known as “Mound City.”

Top News

Louisiana Builds Underwater Levee To Combat Salt Water Influx

Efforts to combat salt water intrusion in the Mississippi River to safeguard drinking water in southeastern Louisiana.

The Independent UK

Brackish water creeping up the Mississippi River may threaten Louisiana's drinking supply

For the third year in a row, Louisiana is constructing an underwater levee in the Mississippi River to slow an influx of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

The Mississippi River is running low again. It’s a problem for farmers moving beans and grain

The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits

The Independent UK

US Transportation Department to invest nearly $400 million for new Interstate 55 bridge in Memphis

Officials say the U.S. Department of Transportation is providing nearly $400 million to build a new Interstate 55 bridge connecting Tennessee and Arkansas across the Mississippi River

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP examination of flooding's effect along Mississippi River

Flooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at a roughly 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a whole, according to data provided exclusively to The Associated Press by the risk analysis firm First Street

The Independent UK

For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes

Chicago Sun-Times

For conservation’s sake, transfer Joliet Training Area to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

An investment in Midewin, one of the largest prairie restorations east of the Mississippi River, is an investment in a climate-resilient future for our region, leaders of Openlands, Wetlands Initiative and Sierra Club Illinois write.

The Independent UK

Why more women live in major East Coast counties while men outnumber them in the West

There are more women than men in some of the largest urban U.S. counties east of the Mississippi River, on the Eastern Seaboard and in the Deep South

USA Today Sports Media Group

Week 12’s Saints-Falcons matchup will reach a large audience

Week 12's Saints-Falcons matchup will reach a large audience, with coverage extending beyond the Southeast and up the Mississippi River to Minnesota:

1 2

People

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

National Park Service

243 stories

the National Park Service

the US Forest Service

45 stories

the US Army Corps of Engineers

35 stories

WWL

33 stories

the Army Corps of Engineers

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.