signs of spring
First tow traverses Lake Pepin just before official start of spring
Mar 24, 2021
On March 19, the Motor Vessel R. Clayton McWhorter, originating from the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois and pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul was locked through Lock and Dam 3, near Welch, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The tow is the first vessel of the 2021 navigation...
Catching a little spring sunshine
Mar 31, 2016
Trenton Patteeu, 2 1/2, and his mom, Hope Fernald, spent part of their fifth day as Lake Citians with sidewalk chalk along the Riverwalk. Trenton, who moved here with his family from Oregon last Thursday, was impressed by the big water of Lake Pepin. His dad works for Marquette Grain in Byron....
First tow opens river shipping season
Mar 16, 2016
The Motor Vessel (M/V) Ronald E. Wagonblast locked through Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., Sunday, March 13, around 7:30 a.m. She was pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul.The Corps considers the first tow to arrive at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minn., as the unofficial start of the...
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