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  • Illinois Waterway Visitor Center reopens after flooding

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (June 14) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Illinois Waterway Visitor Center will reopen Saturday following record level flooding on the Illinois River in April.

  • Bassmaster Elite Series comes to Upper Mississippi River

    LA CROSSE, Wisconsin - The 2013 Bassmaster Elite Series: Mississippi River Rumble is June 20-23 in La Crosse, Wis. This is the eighth year of the world’s premier competitive bass fishing circuit for top anglers.

  • Locks on Upper Mississippi River re-open to navigation

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – (June 11) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, has re-opened Mississippi River locks 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 after flood waters forced their closure to navigation traffic.

  • Salvage operators remove barge from Marseilles Dam

    MARSEILLES, Ill. — The Unified Command announced Thursday that salvage operators successfully removed a partially submerged barge at the Marseilles Dam.

  • Corps closes flood Emergency Operations Centers

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (June 10) – Following the most recent spring flooding, May 28 through June 7, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, provided flood-fight supplies and on-the-ground technical assistance to areas along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers and their tributaries.

  • Section of Illinois River near Marseilles Dam closing during Monday's salvage operations (Unified Command News Release)

    MARSEILLES, Ill — (June 7) The Unified Command announced Friday that an area of the Illinois River near the Marseilles Dam will be temporarily closed Monday, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., due to salvage operations being conducted to remove two remaining submerged barges.

  • Coralville Reservoir pool expected to peak below spillway

    IOWA CITY, IA – (June 3) Due to changing weather patterns and the lack of forecasted rainfall over Coralville Reservoir’s 3,115 square-mile watershed in north central Iowa, Coralville Lake is not expected to overtop the spillway.

  • Access Road Across Coralville Dam to Close

    IOWA CITY – (June 2) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Coralville Lake will be completely closing the roadway that goes across the Coralville Dam beginning June 3, 2013 at 10:00 P.M.

  • Corps activates Emergency Operations Center to provide flood-fight support

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (May 31) – In response to National Weather Service forecasts predicting the potential for major flooding in areas along the Upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers and their tributaries, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, activated its Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday, May 28. The District has also opened its remote Emergency Operations Center in the Quincy, Ill., area May 30, to more quickly address flood response needs.

  • Corps closing additional Mississippi River locks

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – (May 31) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, will be closing four additional locks on the Mississippi River due to high river levels. The closures are necessary as the Mississippi River overtops lock gates making the locks inoperable.