HILLSBORO, Missouri, Sept. 1 (TNSjou) -- St. Louis University issued the following news: * * * Autism Diagnoses Rising Fastest Among Girls and Women, According to New JAMA Research Study from Saint Louis University Points to Increased Awareness and Diagnosis, Not Epidemic as Accounting for Overall Increase in Autism By Carrie Bebermeyer ST. LOUIS -- A new Saint Louis University study of nearly a decade of health records finds that the recent rise in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers celebrates McGregor Lake restoration project completion * ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will celebrate the completion of its $25 million McGregor Lake habitat rehabilitation and enhancement project with a ribbon cutting, Sept. 22. The event is open to the public and will take place at the Marquette Marina Pavil  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers launches new towboat "Fountain City" * ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announces the launch of its new maintenance and repair towboat, the "Fountain City," Aug. 26 from the Steiner Construction Company Inc. shipyard in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The vessel will be delivered to the Fountain City Service Base, Fount  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers seeks comments on Pool 9 dredged material management plan * ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on the proposed Pool 9 dredged material management plan that covers the Upper Mississippi River from Lock and Dam 8, near Genoa, Wisconsin, to Lock and Dam 9, near Lynxville, Wisconsin. The purp  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on Action to Protect Ninth District Cattle Farmers and Ranchers * As a response to renewed federal attention on issues that impact American beef, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) is helping lead a Congressional letter to U.S. President Donald J. Trump. In the letter, lawmakers express their concerns about recent federal actions, highlight policy recommendations and reaf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * The Long Blue Line: Maggie Norvell--Guardian of Lake Pontchartrain * "There isn't anything unusual in a woman keeping a light in her window to guide men folk home. I just happen to a keep a bigger light than most..." \- Keeper Margaret Norvell, U.S. Lighthouse Service Margaret (aka Maggie or Madge) Celest Dimitry Ruth Norvell was born on February 11, 1862, in Washington, D.C. Her p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation posted the following news release: * * * NFWF and Partners Announce $5 Million in Grants to Restore Forests and Wetlands in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley * WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 1, 2026) - The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced nearly $5 million in grants to improve, restore and expand important forest and wetland wildlife habitats in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, one of North Am  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Perspectives and Insights Gained from Applying Landscape Ecological Approaches to the Upper Mississippi Riverscape * Advances in remote sensing, spatial data collection, hydraulic and geospatial models, and the maturation of landscape ecology during the early 2000s spurred the concept of rivers as landscapes or 'riverscapes'. Since that time, the Upper Mississippi R  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 1 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sanders Announces Helena-West Helena as Arkansas' Capital for a Day on September 3 * TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS COME - GREETINGS: WHEREAS: Helena, located along the Mississippi River and established by Sylvanus Phillips and William Russell, was incorporated in 1833 as a river port town and named after Phillips' daughter who died at the young age of fifteen; WHEREAS: West H  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 5 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Instructional Professor Provides Disaster Mapping Assistance After Nepal Flood Following the recent flood in Nepal, Ramesh Sivanpillai has taken up a familiar task -- sorting through satellite imagery and creating maps to help catalog damage and aid first responders. As with past natural disasters, Sivanpillai, a University of Wyoming instructional professor in the School of Computing and Wyoming Geogr  more