ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is conducting dredging operations at their Above Brownsville Placement site, also known as "Crater Island," within Pool 8, of the Mississippi River, near Brownsville, Minnesota. The Corps of Engineers' contractor, Legacy Corporation, from East Moline, IL, plans to move around 50,000 cubic yards of river sand from Crater Islan  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 22 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft plan to protect the Sny Magill-Effigy Mounds, near Guttenberg, Iowa, along the Mississippi River. The draft plan includes constructing a nearly 2,000-foot linear rock berm along the shore to protect the site. The Sny Magill Unit is a part of the larger Effigy Mounds National Monument an  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding across eastern Minnesota, including parts of the Lake Superior and Rainy River Basins. The flooding is due to heavy rainfall on already saturated soils, with up to 6 inches of rain falling in some areas earlier this week.USGS real-time maps of flood and high flow conditions for Minnesota may be accessed using the USGS Na  more