Mississippi River

Living Lands and Waters will hold this year's Barge Party at its new headquarters on Thursday.

A car, belonging to a man reported missing two months ago in East Moline, has been found by divers in the Mississippi River.

Two weeks ago, the I-80 bridge study team announced it selected alternative five.

During Wednesday's public meeting, the team announced Alternative #5 has the lowest impact on homes and businesses, plus the environment.

Next month, the I-80 bridge study team will reveal which option it has selected for replacing the Mississippi River bridge between LeClaire and Rapids City.

The Democrat and three, Illinois GOP members of the U.S. House have introduced a bill called the Upper Mississippi River Levee Safety Act.

That's according to FEMA and Hydrologist, Matt Wilson from the Quad Cities National Weather Service.

On Saturday, tens of thousands of bicycle riders will pass through Muscatine, which is a "meet-up" town for the 50th annual ride. And then they'll only have 27 miles to go.

In a few years, all kinds of fish in the Upper Mississippi River will be able to swim upstream from Lock & Dam 22. That's south of Quincy, Illinois and 170 miles south of the Quad Cities.

The demolition of the Illinois-bound towers and cables went off without a hitch. That's according to the project team's social media posts.