Recent Incidents Prompt Awareness For Boating Safety
The warmer weather means boaters are heading out onto the water. It also means we're starting to see accidents.
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The warmer weather means boaters are heading out onto the water. It also means we're starting to see accidents.
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A missing woman from Hager City, Wis., who was found in the Mississippi River drove her vehicle into the river after missing a curve, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
Marya Christiansen, a 23-year-old woman from Hager City, Wis., has been missing since Saturday.
This year's shipping season is underway on the Mississippi River, an earlier than average start buoyed by warmer temperatures and reduced snowfall.
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The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the body of a man found under a St. Cloud bridge last week. Police say the body is that of 39-year-old Michael Earl Hennager of Waite Park.
The body of a woman found at the Mississippi River in St. Cloud Sunday has been identified. Police said the female found on the ice just south of Granite City Crossing Bridge was 21-year-old Hannah Pauline Udvig.
Police say first responders found two bodies at the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, but that investigators don't believe the cases are related. St. Cloud Police Sgt. Jeffrey Janssen says police got a call Sunday afternoon about a person possibly on the ice.
The General Mills Foundation has donated $3 million to help fund park projects along the Mississippi River waterfront in Minneapolis.
On Tuesday, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder apologized for the water crisis in Flint. So far, at least 100 children have been found with high lead levels in their blood after drinking the contaminated city water. So, how does lead get into our water? Good Question.
Dozens of protesters braved the bitter cold for a Martin Luther King Day rally on Monday, briefly shutting down traffic across a bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Minneapolis and St. Paul to highlight the deaths of two black men shot by police last year.
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Minneapolis plans to ask for money to help fix a bridge that links the University of Minnesota's East and West Bank campuses.
A former Navy SEAL is close to completing his mighty mission to honor veterans. Chris Ring was in Minnesota at Lake Itasca at the headwaters of the Mississippi River five months ago. His goal is to swim the entire length of the river.
The normally pristine scenery of the Mississippi River had a much different look Sunday near Alma, Wisconsin.
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Authorities are investigating the deaths of two central Minnesota men whose bodies were found in the Mississippi River. Police say 34-year-old William Lee Blake and 36-year-old Michael Robert Arndt, both of Little Falls, were supposed to meet Oct. 14 near the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge on the north side of Little Falls.
Police are looking for a missing man after his friend's body was found Sunday in the Mississippi River. Rescue teams recovered the body of 34-year-old William Lee Blake near the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge in Little Falls.
A body was recovered from the Mississippi River in the city of Little Falls, city officials said. According to the Little Falls Police Department, on Sunday Morrison and Stearns County Water Rescue Teams recovered the body of a man from the Mississippi River.
A report card is out on the Mississippi River basin, and the grade is not good: a D+, with the river's aging transportation infrastructure topping the list of concerns.
As many as 30,000 motorcyclists are expected to hit the scenic drives along the Mississippi River and St. Croix River for the annual Fall Flood Run, and state officials are urging that riders and motorists use caution and stay safe. The Fall Flood Run is Saturday.
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A report released at a gathering of mayors in Dubuque finds that commerce along the Mississippi River generates more than $400 billion and supports 1.3 million jobs. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service coordinated the report, which was released Wednesday at a gathering of more than two dozen mayors in Dubuque.
