by Ashley Byrd | Mar 19, 2019 | News
There are 104 roads closed because of flooding. Access the entire list here. Also check the MoDOT Traveler Information Map for road closures at traveler.modot.org/map. MoDOT continues to work with Nebraska and Iowa to provide alternate routes while major roads are...
by Mike Lear | Nov 26, 2013 | News
Missouri stakeholders are taking a “wait and see” attitude about the study of a proposal to funnel water from the Missouri River into western Kansas to irrigate crops and replenish the Ogallala Aquifer. The proposal is that during times of high water or...
by Mike Lear | Nov 22, 2013 | News
Governor Jay Nixon has issued a letter to his counterpart in Kansas urging him to reconsider that state’s intention to study diverting water from the Missouri River into Kansas. Nixon tells Governor Sam Brownback the Missouri River is vital to Missouri’s...
by Mike Lear | Dec 28, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
Two river barge trade groups say barge traffic on the Mississippi River could come to a halt next week if someone doesn’t put more water in the River. Waterways Council, Inc. is one of two groups that says as early as next week there won’t be enough water...
by Mike Lear | Apr 16, 2012 | Military, News, Politics / Govt
The Corps of Engineers has released a study that suggests more room to hold flood waters is needed along the Missouri River channel, not in its upstream reservoirs. The study evaluated how greater storage allowances in the reservoirs would have performed in historic...