University of Minnesota researchers say using nature instead of concrete is best for controlling Mississippi River flooding in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.

July 1 is when spending starts on Illinois’ record $55.2 billion budget, when the state gas tax automatically goes up to 48.3 cents a gallon and when new laws take effect – some passed as long ago as ...

A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, ...

It's not just Cahokia Heights. Five dozen communities in Southern Illinois account for a third of the reported sanitary sewer overflows in the state in the last decade.

As climate change and development exacerbate the Mississippi River’s environmental problems, many communities will have to grapple with the questions facing Dogtooth Bend: how to balance the ...

Ice duration on the upper Mississippi is shrinking. On the upper Mississippi, which stretches from the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota to Cairo, Illinois, south of St. Louis, the calmer ...

State of Change - November 2024. Special | 29m 15s Video has Closed Captions | CC. State of Change, from Illinois Public Media, discusses environmental issues in Illinois. Aired 01/18/2025 ...

“It’s one of the most dramatic changes on the upper Mississippi,” Larson said. “It’s everywhere.” In the past several years, wild rice has exploded on this part of the upper river ...

Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact. Some mayors on the waterway think it’s time to change that.

Legal agreements govern the Great Lakes and some river systems in the U.S., but the Mississippi River doesn’t have a compact. Some mayors on the waterway think it’s time to change that.

A wild rice bed grows Sept. 17 on the upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby. After disappearing for decades, wild rice is rebounding on parts of the upper river.

So this fall, the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI) announced a new insurance pilot, with hopes of better helping river towns recover.. MRCTI, which represents 105 cities along ...