A Minnesota Boat Club eight-man scull plies the waters of the Mississippi River on a training row in St. Paul early Aug. 19, 2009. (John Doman / Pioneer Press) Wondering how long the Mississippi ...

In 1758, the French ethnographer Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz published The History of Louisiana, in which he wrote that the Mississippi River’s name meant “the ancient father of rivers.” ...

So far, this year is similar to last year, when we had low water levels during the pre-spawn bite on the Mississippi River.

Luckily some much-needed investments are in process, such as the Mississippi River Ship Channel Dredging Project. If the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act makes it way through Washington ...