Shell Rock, Iowa, farmer Jeff Reints started planting corn on April 8 — the earliest ever on his farm. He got 50% of his corn and soybeans in the ground before 3 inches of rain parked the planters.

Thanks to unseasonably low water levels, islands of silt, rock and sand — and even an abandoned car — have emerged in the Fox ...

The ride runs July 19-26 with overnight stops in Orange City, Milford, Estherville, Forest City, Iowa Falls, Cedar Falls, ...

The river crested on April 16 at 26.4 feet in St. Paul, setting a record that remains intact 60 years later. Dozens of other records set by the 1965 flood still stand in downstream cities, which bore ...