LAKE CITY -- Lake Pepin's ice has just about disappeared, Mississippi River locks and dams in the region are ready, but where is the first big towboat pushing barges upriver? It isn't here, and it's ...

LAKE CITY, Minn. - The ice on Lake Pepin has almost disappeared, but the first big towboat pushing barges upstream isn't expected any time soon due to maintenance on the Mississippi River.

A brief article in the April 29 News Tribune reported on the pending litigation over towboat use in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (“ Boundary Waters motors back in court ”). I’d like to ...