Three people died after a 27-foot pontoon boat overturned on Lake Pepin late in the evening of July 11 after, according to officials, it collided with a barge. The Wabasha… Read More
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LS Marine Inc., Inver Grove Heights, Minn., has begun work to build a dredging pipeline near Wabasha, Minn. The St. Paul Engineer District and LS Marine began work… Read More
The small city of Wabasha, Minn., held a public meeting October 19 to invite public comment on a draft environmental impact statement for a planned barge terminal it wants to… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District and the city of Wabasha, Minn., are set to sign a historic river sand management document July 24 during a brief ceremony in Wabasha. The… Read More
Regional leaders in the Upper Mississippi River region cheered and welcomed the designation of the Northern Grain Belt Ports, approved by the U.S. Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center and the… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is seeking public comments on a new dredged material management plan and Environmental Assessment released March 22 for the Mississippi River’s Lower Pool 4. The… Read More
The first Lake Pepin ice measurements of the season on February 12 in the Upper Mississippi River showed lower ice thickness, following what scientists say has been the warmest… Read More
Leaders of the St. Paul Engineer District met last month with leaders of the city of Wabasha, Minn., to discuss the dredged material management plan for Lower Pool 4. Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District has postponed the release of a controversial sand-disposal proposal until “late spring or early summer,” according to district spokesperson George Stringham. The draft report… Read More
Four projects that support freight movement on Minnesota’s waterways received a total of $5 million in grants through the state’s Port Development Assistance Program, the Minnesota Department of Transportation… Read More
