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Historic Midwest flooding prompts water rescues, evacuations across region
The big picture: Flood warnings and watches were in effect across the upper Midwest over ... as the Rock River rose to record levels. The mayor of Spencer, Iowa, issued a weekend curfew after ...
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Flooding Shuts Down Locks on Upper Mississippi River, Stops Movement of Product Up and Down the River
That is particularly true along the upper Mississippi River. At McGregor, Iowa, the river is 6' above flood stage and is expected to crest about 1' from the all-time record. Charts from the U.S ...
USA Today27d
One of North America's densest collections of Indigenous mounds is at risk. What it means.
CLAYTON, Iowa - The ... that river has significantly eroded the bank they built on, eating away at some of the mounds at the ...
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On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
The Effigy Mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the Mississippi River is eating ...
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Flooding on Upper Mississippi River Eases: Locks Opening and Barge Traffic Moving
Heavy snow melt forced the closure of several locks on the upper Mississippi ... was at 12.6 feet and below flood stage. The river was at 18.2 feet at Dubuque, Iowa which is at moderate flood ...
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The Great Flood Of 1993 Devastated Communities From Iowa To Missouri, And One Man Who Claims To Be Innocent Has Spent 30 Years Behind Bars After He Was Accused Of Being Responsible
In 1992, a combination of heavy rainfall and snowmelt caused the water levels of the Missouri and Upper Mississippi ... hold back the river. This led to extensive flooding from Iowa to Missouri ...
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University of Iowa eyes $37 million Art Building update, 16 years after flood
Ninety years after the University of Iowa opened its 53,000-square-foot Art Building along the Iowa River in 1936 -- hosting ...
Iowa Public Radio12d
Upper Mississippi River refuge celebrates 100 years of protection for fish, wildlife and habitat
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is the core of a major flyway for migrating birds and one of ...
Univeristy of Iowa Daily Iowan5d
Historic Coralville building to be preserved and reopened
Last fall, the Iowa River Power Restaurant closed its doors after serving the Coralville community for almost 50 years.
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Benefits and Beneficiaries of the Nation’s Inland Waterways
The Europeans settled the United States via waterborne transportation. Settlements, and then cities, first arose where there ...
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On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds
CLAYTON, Iowa (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... which is causing wetter conditions across the upper Midwest, and engineered alterations to the river’s flow. There’s now an urgent need to ...
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Upper Mississippi River refuge celebrates 100 years of protection for fish, wildlife and habitat
“These big flood events ... through spotting scopes north of Harpers Ferry, Iowa in Pool 9 of the McGregor District of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.