The city council of St. Paul, Minn., approved a resolution August 4 asking the state for a grant of $20 million (out of a total request of $70 million from… Read More
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The Detroit Engineer District recently awarded a contract for dredging at Duluth-Superior Harbor in western Lake Superior on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. The more than $2 million contract was awarded to… Read More
Richard “Dick” Lambert, long-time champion of the inland waterways, died March 20 at his home in Burnsville, Minn., after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 85. Born in… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District and the Prairie Island Indian Community signed a project partnership agreement February 25 for an environmental improvement project on the Mississippi River. The project is… Read More
For inland towboat captains, probably the most basic difference in working conditions is between long-haul and harbor captains. Capt. Tom Hanes, long-time harbor captain for Upper River Services, has no… Read More
A years-long fight over a riverside frac-sand mining operation in Winona, Minn., ended when the U.S. Supreme Court refused on January 11 to overturn a ban on frac sand mining… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is donating three acres of historic riverfront property to the city of Minneapolis. The land sits behind the lock and dam at Upper St. Anthony… Read More
Both houses of Congress passed a measure long sought by flood-vulnerable towns and rivers bordering the Mississippi River: the Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act. The bill was passed on its… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District locked its last tow, two empty barges pushed by the mv. the Colonel, through Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings, Minn., to end the navigation… Read More
The Corps of Engineers decided in 2015 to permanently close down the upper and lower locks at the St. Anthony Falls, on the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis, ending commercial… Read More
