by Missourinet Contributor | Mar 31, 2021 | Agriculture, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation
Brent Martin, KFEQ Missouri state officials hope to convince the Army Corps of Engineers to make changes to the Missouri River levee system. Deputy Director Dru Buntin of the Department of Natural Resources says Missouri is working with Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa...
by Ashley Byrd | Feb 15, 2020 | Agriculture, News, Weather
By BRENT MARTIN, St. Joseph Post Repair of the broken levee system along the Missouri River has been slow going, as a wet fall and a cold winter has delayed assessment of the damage and construction work. Emergency Management Specialist Mike Dulin with the Kansas City...
by Ashley Byrd | Oct 9, 2019 | News, Weather
An officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the corps is receptive to input from the states in assessing what went wrong this year to spawn the widespread flooding in the lower Missouri River basin. Officials from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa are...
by admin | Jul 14, 2009 | Politics / Govt, Weather
Federal and state agencies hope a more cooperative effort emerged from the Midwestern floods of last year; an effort that will help communities recover sooner. Missourians remember the widespread and devastating floods of 1993 and 1995. Northeast Missourians remember...
by admin | Dec 25, 2008 | Weather
Much attention this year was focused on northeast Missouri when floodwaters from Iowa flowed into the Mississippi and topped levees north of St. Louis. But an official with the Army Corps of Engineers says flooding has been widespread in Missouri for the past two...