Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

The lock was plagued by mechanical issues last year that caused closures and required critical maintenance repairs by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “We had been working with the Army Corps of ...

ALANSON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) fully restored operations Wednesday morning, July 5, to the Crooked River Lock in Alanson. Specialized lock and dam maintainers ...

EMMET COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Crooked River Lock in Alanson is still shut down, keeping boaters from passing through to Crooked Lake. The lock shut down more than three weeks ago after an ...

Boaters said they were relieved to be able to cruise again after it was announced that a lock would soon reopen. Baits Bite Lock, on the River Cam at Milton, just north of Cambridge, has been closed ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District began refilling the newly constructed lock chamber with water at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi last week. The chamber was ...

Some 6 million tons of commodities passed through the lock and dam along the Mississippi River in Hastings in 2023, and with navigation season at a pause, crews this winter have undertaken the ...

Crooked River Lock in Emmet County unexpectedly shut down Aug. 24 after experiencing an electrical malfunction. The malfunction will cause the lock that allows access between Crooked River and Crooked ...

EMMET COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Boating traffic can once again cross through the Crooked River Lock after temporary repairs were made Tuesday. Limited operation was restored to the lock around 3:30 ...

An Armstrong County nonprofit that lobbies for recreational boating along the Allegheny River officially has the support from a community that already has gleaned some of those benefits. The East Deer ...