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… Read More
St. Paul Engineer District
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… 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.,… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District will host a public meeting January 31 in Winona, Minn., to gather public input into its planning efforts to manage Mississippi River dredged material. Read More
A Corps of Engineers contractor began prepping for winter maintenance on a foggy river morning at Lock and Dam 4, in Alma, Wis., in mid-December. On this morning the crew… Read More
