Lake Pepin

The average date for the first barges to pass through Lake Pepin is March 20.

The wait for “ice out” on Lake Pepin will likely not be anywhere near as long this year as it was in 2018.

After two close thin-ice calls in four days, the Goodhue County Sheriff’s Office is banning motorized vehicles on four bodies of water.

The Goodhue County Sheriff’s Department had to come to the rescue of a 61-year-old man who was thrown into the frigid water of the Mississippi River Friday afternoon.

A human leg discovered under a debris pile along the Mississippi River near Wabasha earlier this summer was from a sailboater who vanished in Lake Pepin in late April.

Additional human remains were discovered on Saturday along the Mississippi River in Wabasha County.

Motorists who often travel on Highway 63 north of Rochester can rejoice, at least for a few days.

As of Sunday night, a search continued for a missing boater on the Mississippi River.

If you’re among the many desperate Minnesotans searching for a sign of Spring, you’re in luck.

The ice is nearly out at Lake City, but the south end of Lake Pepin remains clogged by ice that’s nearly two-feet thick in some areas.

It’s become apparent that there will be a late start to this year’s shipping season on the upper Mississippi River.

Last weekend’s brief warm-up softened up the ice on Lake Pepin a little bit, but it remains well over two-feet thick in many areas.

In a sure sign of the coming spring, a team from the U.S. Army Corps went out this week to measure the thickness of the ice covering Lake Pepin.

Undated (KROC AM News) - The 2017 shipping season on the Upper Mississippi River can begin anytime now.