The data that Burdis and Jankowski are looking at is much newer, dating back about 30 years, but it shows a similar trend.

Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. Visitors there can see the headwaters and cross the river on foot ...

Two Minnesota River deaths from a pair of Sunday incidents are under investigation in Renville County. According to the Renville County Sheriff’s Office, at 2:58 p.m. Sunday an individual ...

The Mississippi River from its humble beginning at Lake Itasca to St. Louis and beyond, is a treasured resource that we ...

Minnesota is a Midwestern powerhouse ... long dispute regarding which body of water in the area was truly the river's headwaters: Lake Itasca itself. The lake and its rocky shallows are a visitor ...

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