The rain in early April turned into runoff and flowed for days, into the upper portion of the lower Mississippi River Basin and its tributaries, including the Arkansas, White and Red Rivers ...

In 1920, a local newspaper publisher turned politician donated his private library to the University of Wisconsin-La ... the development of the upper Mississippi River valley.

Multiple tributaries of the Mississippi River in the Memphis District saw “unprecedented rainfall,” including the St. Francis/Little River basin and ... from La Crosse, Wisconsin down to ...

Wisconsin has about 6 million acres of wetlands ... This vast stretch of wetlands along the upper Mississippi River — more than 240,000 acres — includes the river's national wildlife and fish refuge, ...

The Mississippi River is considered the most endangered in the U.S. due to uncertainty over the Federal Emergency Management ...

Wetlands across the Mississippi River basin, vital for hundreds of ... lakes along the Mississippi River, from its upper reaches in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa on down to Missouri, Arkansas ...

At the southeast tip of the Driftless Area, a rugged region in the upper Mississippi River basin that was spared glacial flattening, Galena is defined by undulating hills and river valleys ...

Officials say they will continue to monitor conditions closely as spring continues, typically a volatile time for water levels throughout the Mississippi River Basin.