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  • Army Corps of Engineers and Iowa DNR celebrate completion of Ventura Marsh

    Ventura, Iowa - (Oct. 26, 2011) The Rock Island District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources invite the public to help celebrate the completion of the Ventura Marsh Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project in Ventura with a ribbon cutting ceremony, November 1 at 1 p.m. The ceremony is being held at the Ventura Community Center at 4 North Weimer Street in Ventura.

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works visits Dubuque to celebrate 25th Anniversary of the Environmental Management Program

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (Sept. 23, 2011) The media is invited to join the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, at Eagle Point Park in Dubuque, Iowa, Thursday, Sept. 29 at 9 a.m. to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Upper Mississippi River Restoration-Environmental Management Program (UMRR-EMP).

  • Army Corps hosts public meeting to discuss Keithsburg Reach Dredge Material Placement Site Expansion

    ROCK ISLAND, Ill. - (Oct. 13, 2011) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its partners at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Iowa Department of Natural Resources, invite the public to attend a meeting to discuss the Keithsburg Reach Upper Dredge Cut material placement Site 4, Pool 18, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Oakville Community Center, 105 East Ash, Oakville, Iowa.

  • 280-foot section of Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal wall collapses

    LOCKPORT, Ill. - On Friday, Oct. 7, approximately 280 linear feet of Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal concrete wall slid into the Canal. The wall is located just upstream of the Lockport Lock on the left descending bank. No breach of the Canal earth embankment behind the concrete wall occurred and no personnel were injured or equipment damaged.

  • Davenport Water Treatment Plant Construction Contract Awarded

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (Oct. 3, 2011) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, awarded a contract to construct the flood risk management project at the waste water treatment plant on the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works & Denkmann Elementary Celebrate America’s Great Outdoors

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (Sept. 26, 2011) The media is invited to join the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, as she visits the Mississippi River Visitor Center, Wednesday, Sept. 28, to help celebrate America’s Great Outdoors with sixty 4th-grade students from Denkmann Elementary School, Rock Island, Ill.

  • Public Invited to Corps of Engineers open house

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (Aug. 29, 2011) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Shell Rock River Watershed District invite the public to attend an open house for the Freeborn County Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study from 6 – 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 30, at the Albert Lea High School Auditorium, 2000 Tiger Lane Albert Lea, Minn.

  • Corps of Engineers hosts ribbon cutting at Illinois Waterway Visitor Center

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (Aug. 24, 2011) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, invites the public and media to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center, Saturday, Aug., 27 at 10 a.m.

  • Missouri RiverEnergy Services Announces Plans to Build Hydro Facility

    SIOUX FALLS , S.D. - Missouri River Energy Services (MRES) has announced its intent to proceed with

  • Army Corps of Engineers christens Motor Vessel Rock Island

    Rock Island, Ill. -- (Aug 4, 2011) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, invites the public and media to join the Mayor of Rock Island and the Corps for a christening ceremony of its newest vessel, the Motor Vessel Rock Island, on August 9 at 1 p.m., at Locks and Dam 15 on Rock Island Arsenal.