Mississippi River workers say roughly a dozen barges and their tugboats have been grounded by sandbars in Minnesota. KTTC-TV reports at least nine tugboats are held up near Wabasha after heavy ...

After multiple busy years at the Winona commercial port, barge traffic in the area experienced a decrease this year. A tugboat travels down the Mississippi near the CHS Inc. shipping plant Nov. 28 in ...

Winter has arrived on the uppermost part of the Mississippi River. Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin ...

Shipping season on the upper Mississippi River has ended as the last barges headed south from St. Paul, Minnesota Nov. 25. Because the upper river freezes each year, barge traffic always halts until ...