The Latest Breaking News from the Mississippi River

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.

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

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.

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.”

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