The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on Saturday evenings so boaters can access downtown Appleton businesses. In ...

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 ...

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- The Fox Locks is asking the public for help in reaching its donation goal to improve portages on the Fox River locks system. Thanks to a matching grant challenge from the David L.

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- The board which operates the Fox River locks will not pursue an electrification barrier for the Menasha lock-- and will keep the lock between Lake Winnebago and Little Lake Butte ...

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...

BELLEVUE, Iowa — U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) said she wanted to make updating an aging Mississippi River lock and dam system a long-term priority. The Iowa representative toured Lock and Dam 12, ...

KAUKAUNA, Wis. (WBAY) - Boaters, kayakers, fishermen and many others can’t wait for May 20th - on that day, the Fox Locks are scheduled to open. It is a system of locks and dams that makes it possible ...

The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...

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