“Alton, Illinois, the hometown of jazz musician Miles Davis, is located where Route 66 meets the Great River Road. This ...

The Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative is a coalition ... along with the multi-state effort for the Mississippi River ...

Signed into law Jan. 4, this year’s package includes studies on increased flooding in the upper basin, flood mitigation ...

This National Scenic Byway follows the Mississippi River for 3,000 miles ... looking for the best of quirky small-town America, spend some time in Alton, Illinois, especially if you're a pair ...

the Minnesota Department of Health declared the stretch of the Mississippi River that ran through St. Paul a threat to the public’s well-being. The Twin Cities had been dumping trash ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of the newly approved Water Resources Development Act.

The Mississippi River ... journey was how small the river is where it starts in Minnesota, it’s just a trickling little stream.” Dan Faust from Pontiac, Illinois, wasn’t one of the ...

Illinois, carrying one of its Torahs. They walked nearly five miles, crossing the Arsenal Bridge over the Mississippi River, before arriving at the intersection of 12th and Mound streets in ...

which includes the Mississippi River from its headwaters to where it meets the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, as well as the Illinois River and portions of some smaller tributaries. The upper river ...