The Aquatennial is just weeks away, with celebrations of water in the city taking the form of a parade, live music and other ...

Fred Newton’s epic swim down the Mississippi River earned him a world record, but not the fame and fortune he hoped.

The river is much cleaner than it once was: it wasn’t so long ago that sewage from the Twin Cities, animal parts from the stockyards and loads of garbage were routinely dumped in the river.

Take a fun Mississippi River Cruise on the Minneapolis Queen for as low as $20 per person! We have so many great bodies of water here in Minnesota which makes for lots of warm weather fun and ...

The full length of Minneapolis’ Stone Arch Bridge is set to reopen to the public Aug. 9 following more than a year of repairs. The bridge, a popular pedestrian link across the Mississippi River ...

Fourth of July fireworks will light up the Mississippi River in Minneapolis Friday night to culminate a big party near the ...

Friends of the Falls unveiled a new leader and renderings for Mississippi River land adjacent to St. Anthony Falls on Friday. Shelley Buck, former president of the Prairie Island Indian Community ...

Shortly after Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal editors chose the Mississippi River as the visual theme of our 2023-24 Book of Lists, we drew up a list of Twin Cities locations that showed the ...

The Mississippi River is drying up, especially south of St. Louis.. Some areas have hit record low levels or are close to the record. Here's what the river looks like from its start in Minnesota ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The multiple layers and swirls atop the Mississippi River between Third and Hennepin avenues in downtown Minneapolis have been fascinating passersby. “It looks just like a ...

Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis is shown on May 12, 2022, when water was flowing in the creek. Dr. Mohsen Tahmasebi Nasab. ... The Mississippi River is an essential trade route in the region.