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 ...

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 ...

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- The Fox Locks is asking the public for help in reaching its donation goal to improve portages on the Fox River locks system. Thanks to a matching grant challenge from the David L.

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- The board which operates the Fox River locks will not pursue an electrification barrier for the Menasha lock-- and will keep the lock between Lake Winnebago and Little Lake Butte ...

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...

Some 6 million tons of commodities passed through the lock and dam along the Mississippi River in Hastings in 2023, and with navigation season at a pause, crews this winter have undertaken the ...

The Old River Lock in Lettsworth, LA, which is maintained and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, re-opened to navigation Nov. 6, 2022. The lock was dewatered and shut ...

After 12 years of studying the Upper Mississippi River System, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its $70 million analysis on March 6. The Corps is recommending construction of seven new ...

Carpenter crews install formwork for what will become the lock’s culvert, the main conduit that allows water to flow into and out of the lock chamber. Photo courtesy of Thalle Construction Co. March ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland and Walla Walla districts said they will close all Corps navigation locks on the Columbia-Snake River System for an annual inspection, ...

The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...

This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding ...