A second funds transfer to the Rock Island Engineer District from the St. Paul Engineer District will help keep dredges working through the end of September. Tom Heinold, chief of… Read More
St. Paul Engineer District
In addition to the command change at the Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division July 12, a number of Corps of Engineers districts and Coast Guard units along the… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District announced June 18 that it will build seven islands in the middle of Pig’s Eye Lake with dredged materials. Pig’s Eye Lake is located east… Read More
Because this year’s floods have brought millions of extra tons of silt to the Upper Mississippi River, the St. Paul Engineer District has begun dredging operations earlier than usual. It… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District will limit public access to Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 6 in Trempealeau, Wis., and Lock and Dam 7 in La Crescent, Minn., this… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District awarded a $17 million contract May 31 to Kraemer North America LLC, Burnsville, Minn., to rehab tow-haulage units at six Upper Mississippi River locks and… Read More
Waves of new storms hit saturated ground throughout the Midwest, sending water barreling into already-swollen rivers, breaching levees, closing locks, flooding cities and approaching all-time flood records across the length… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is delaying plans to dispose of three Mississippi River locks and dams near the Twin Cities. For a year, the Corps had been considering the… Read More
A contractor crew lifted steel bulkheads on the upstream side of the St. Anthony Falls Lock on March 20, a tricky maneuver completed in advance of anticipated high flows resulting… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District announced February 4 that it would begin its ice measurements of Lake Pepin on February 13. The district takes the measurements annually to forecast the… Read More
