Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on ...

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- The Fox Locks is asking the public for help in reaching its donation goal to improve portages on the Fox River locks system. Thanks to a matching grant challenge from the David L.

KAUKAUNA – The Fox River Locks System will open Saturday, but the Menasha lock will remain closed to prevent the spread of invasive fish species. The system is scheduled to open five locks in Kaukauna ...

(WLUK) -- While summer doesn't officially start for another month, it's starting to feel like it for those out on the Fox River. "It's an exciting day for us," Fox River Navigational System Authority ...

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (WBAY) - The Fox Locks system and the City of Kaukauna are celebrating the opening five locks on the Fox River Tuesday, marking the first time in years boaters will be able to travel ...

KAUKAUNA - Boaters again can pass through the Kaukauna section of the Fox River locks system. That hasn't happened in more than 35 years. With the completion of $2.3 million in repairs to the Veterans ...

How the locks-and-dams system came to be on the Upper Mississippi River: • When the first European explorers came to the Upper Mississippi Valley maybe 350 years ago, the river had a braided channel ...

BELLEVUE, Iowa — U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) said she wanted to make updating an aging Mississippi River lock and dam system a long-term priority. The Iowa representative toured Lock and Dam 12, ...

The Old River Lock in Lettsworth, LA, which is maintained and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, re-opened to navigation Nov. 6, 2022. The lock was dewatered and shut ...

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...

Some 6 million tons of commodities passed through the lock and dam along the Mississippi River in Hastings in 2023, and with navigation season at a pause, crews this winter have undertaken the ...