(KNSI) - The Mississippi River between Little Falls and St. Cloud harbors one of Minnesota's best-kept fishing secrets. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources calls this stretch a fish ...

Only two cruise companies sail the Mississippi River: American Cruise Lines and Viking. Here are the best itineraries they ...

Eagles gather on the Black River near where it meets the Mississippi River, Feb. 14, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The area is part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge ...

Lake Pepin — the largest lake on the Mississippi River, which stretches roughly from Pepin to Bay City, Wisconsin — provides the longest record of ice cover on the river, starting in 1843 ...

The idea of fish passageways is not new worldwide but is new to the Mississippi River. The Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage Project is the first one on the river, and more than 160 different species ...

He said he fished farther down the river just below where the Vermillion River comes in, and caught 13 fish. He said he tried below the dam but it was a dud. So maybe we were in the wrong place.

In Mississippi River Pool 9, which spans the length from Genoa, Wis., downstream to Harpers Ferry, Iowa, the WDNR issued fish consumption advisories for mercury and PCB.