Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

ALANSON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) fully restored operations Wednesday morning, July 5, to the Crooked River Lock in Alanson. Specialized lock and dam maintainers ...

The lock-and-dam system through which 175 million tons of freight travels on the upper Mississippi River each year is sorely outdated, and vulnerable to failure that could have a profound effect on ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Five locks on the upper Mississippi River and two on the Illinois River would double in size under a bill passed this week by the Senate, and advocates say the improvements are long ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Imagine 160 miles of continuous open water on the Allegheny River from the Kinzua Dam in Warren County to the Natrona dam in Harrison. It’s not just a dream; it’s the subject of two ...

The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on Saturday evenings so boaters can access downtown Appleton businesses. In ...