River traffic on the Mighty Mississippi has slowed down as of Monday, December 30. The locks at locks and dam 16, 18, 19, and 20 on the Mississippi River are closed for winter maintenance.

In the wake of the closure of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in 2015, the U.S. Army Corps announced three different studies would take place to see if the federal government should continue ...

Heavy snow melt forced the closure of several locks on the upper Mississippi River...but high water levels and flooding are starting to ease which is allowing locks to reopen and barge traffic to ...