The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend.

Nowadays, a vast network of highways ties the southwest suburbs to the rest of the world. However, there was a time when the Minnesota River was the region’s lifeline. Steamboats ferried passengers up ...

Here's how you can enjoy it. On the upper Mississippi, which stretches from the river's headwaters in northern Minnesota to Cairo, Illinois, south of St. Louis, the calmer, shallower offshoots of the ...

Flood control along the Mississippi River is a central piece of a newly passed federal law — work that advocates believe is ...

For most, it’s hard to imagine paddling the entire length of the Mississippi River, from its headwaters at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca all the way through the heartland of America to the Gulf of ...

If you're looking for a laid back winter getaway, look no further than Taylors Falls; it's one of the best winter towns in ...

Beavers and the dams they build are not always embraced in the areas where they do their work. But there's a growing recognition that they also are building a kind of natural infrastructure that helps ...

Now, my family and I live in the Grand Rapids area along the Mississippi River, another rural ... Blandin’s roots are in north central Minnesota, serving a collection of small towns not far from the ...

Water may be the real reason, or one of the top reasons, propelling Trump’s desire to turn Canada into Minnesota North ...

Saginaw Bay was ranked as the fourth-best ice fishing spot in the U.S. by FishBooker, which looked at such things as location, fish species you can reel in and whether you'll land a trophy.