Articles tagged with river
Wed, May 23, 2012
Man drowns in Grand River
ROBINSON (WKZO) -- A man drowned in the Grand River near his home on 136th Avenue in Robinson Township. Emergency crews were dispatched to a ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Fugitive uses river to make his escape from Deputies
THREE RIVERS (WKZO) St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Deputies spent much of the last day and a half looking for Nick Ames, a petty ...
Sat, April 28, 2012
Salmon revival in sight as Elwha River dams fall in U.S. Northwest
By Laura L. Myers
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Washington (Reuters) - In the wilderness of Washington state's Olympic National Park, hydraulic hammers chip away at ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
VIDEO: Kalamazoo River reopening post oil spill with warnings attached
CALHOUNCOUNTY (WKZO) -- They have been out in boats on the Kalamazoo River for two years cleaning it up. Today environmental and health officials plan ...
Fri, April 13, 2012
New Oil Sheen on the Kalamazoo River and its not Enbridge
ALBION (WKZO) -- There are new pollution concerns for the Kalamazoo River. Materials that apparently originated with the dumping of a half dozen 55-gallon drums ...
Sat, April 07, 2012
Kalamazoo River may Some Day be Cleaner, so says the EPA
KALAMAZOO(WKZO) -- They aren’t ready to declare it fully restored but the EPA says they are officially closer to no longer considering the ...
Wed, March 28, 2012
Body of boy, 4, missing from Boy Scout camp found in river
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - A 4-year-old boy missing since the weekend from a Boy Scout camp in the Ozark Mountains' foothills ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Redford and son make Colorado River documentary
The veteran actor teamed up with his son Jamie to make Watershed, about the unsustainable and growing demands placed on the Colorado River system ...
Tue, March 27, 2012
Redford and son make Colorado River documentary
The veteran actor teamed up with his son Jamie to make Watershed, about the unsustainable and growing demands placed on the Colorado River system ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Redford and son make Colorado River documentary
The veteran actor teamed up with his son Jamie to make Watershed, about the unsustainable and growing demands placed on the Colorado River system ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Redford puts star power behind Colorado River film
By Robert Muir
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Actor and director Robert Redford, a longtime environmental activist, has teamed with his son to film a documentary about ...
Fri, March 02, 2012
Enbridge to get help in river restoration
MARSHALL (WKZO) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has just announced it plans to restore the natural resources that were damaged by the ...
Sat, February 04, 2012
DNR continues investigation of domestic oil dump in Kalamazoo River
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- Two Battle Creek scrappers could face criminal prosecution and restitution for the latest oil spill on the Kalamazoo River.
The DNR ...
Thu, February 02, 2012
Kalamazoo River Diesel Fuel Spill Under Investigate
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- The search continues for the source of a suspected diesel fuel spill into the Kalamazoo River in Battle Creek.
The spill ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Plans to block carp will re-reverse Chicago River
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Keeping the invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will involve re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River -- an engineering marvel ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Plans to block carp will re-reverse Chicago River
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Keeping the invasive Asian carp out of the Great Lakes will involve re-reversing the flow of the Chicago River -- an engineering marvel ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Girl Rescued After Crashing into River
ALLEGAN COUNTY (WKZO) -- Fire crews say it was a volunteer firefighter who happened to be in the right place at the right time who ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
New Hampshire principal saves autistic boy from icy river
(Reuters) - A New Hampshire elementary school principal rescued an autistic boy from a frozen river after he fell through the ice while running away ...
Tue, January 10, 2012
Artist weaves 20,000 feet of cord over Rhode Island river
By Daniel Lovering
PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island (Reuters) - A textile mill built on a Rhode Island riverbank in the 1700s has inspired a new kind ...
Wed, December 28, 2011
Washington's big dig aims to clean up "nation's river"
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington is starting to dig deep in a $2.6 billion underground solution aimed at helping clean up the ...
Tue, December 20, 2011
U.S. agency did best it could on Missouri River floods: report
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - There was little the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could have done differently to prevent the worst of ...
Thu, December 15, 2011
FBI launches bid to nab 1990s "Potomac River Rapist"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a media campaign on Thursday to capture the "Potomac River Rapist" who allegedly attacked nine women ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Rescue Crews Scoop Two People from St. Joe River
ST. JOSEPH (WKZO) -- There was a dramatic river rescue in St. Joseph in Berrien County early Thanksgiving Day.
Sean Todman, a man visiting from ...
Fri, November 18, 2011
Delaware River natural gas drilling vote postponed
By Edward McAllister
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A key vote scheduled for Monday to lift a natural gas drilling ban in the Delaware River Basin ...
Thu, October 13, 2011
Cause of death unknown for whales found in Alaska river
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Veterinarians have not yet determined a cause of death for two killer whales that wandered far up an ...
Sun, October 09, 2011
Two Alaska river-swimming killer whales found dead
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Two of three killer whales that wandered far up an Alaska river have died, apparently succumbing to stresses ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Three killer whales loitering far up Alaska river
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Three apparently misguided killer whales are loitering far up an Alaska river and starting to show signs of ...
Tue, October 04, 2011
One dead in New York helicopter crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One person died and four others were injured when a helicopter crashed into New York City's East River on Tuesday ...
Tue, September 20, 2011
Thousands of white bass turn up dead in Arkansas River
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Wildlife officials have discovered thousands of dead fish along the Arkansas River in Little Rock and were ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
After three months, Missouri River flooding ends in Omaha
By David Hendee
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - More than three months of Missouri River flooding at Omaha is finally over.
Nebraska's largest city had ...
Wed, September 14, 2011
Walliams smashes fundraising target with River Thames swim
The Little Britain star decided to raise money for the U.K.'s Sport Relief charity by swimming 140 miles (225 kilometres) along the ...
Fri, September 09, 2011
Crack forces closure of key bridge over the Ohio River
By Susan Guyett
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - An Interstate highway bridge over the Ohio River that links Indiana to Kentucky was abruptly shut on Friday after ...
Wed, September 07, 2011
Plan to pull 18th century cannon from Detroit River delayed
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit police postponed plans to raise what is believed to be an 18th century cannon from the Detroit River on Wednesday after ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Missouri River to return to normal by early October
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - The Missouri River, which has been pressing flood defenses from Montana to Missouri for more than three months, was expected to return ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Body of newborn baby found in Mississippi River
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating the death of a newborn girl found floating in the Mississippi River in southeast Minnesota, the Winona County Sheriff ...
Tue, September 06, 2011
Body of baby found floating in Mississippi River
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Authorities are investigating the death of a baby found floating in the Mississippi River in southeast Minnesota, the Winona County Sheriff's ...
Sat, September 03, 2011
The mighty Missouri River: the flooding and the damage done
By David Bailey and David Hendee
MINNEAPOLIS/COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Reuters) - The cost of America's quiet billion dollar disaster in the Upper Midwest ...
Thu, September 01, 2011
Chemical plant spills detergent into Pennsylvania river
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - About 1,000 gallons of a biodegradable detergent spilled from a chemical plant into a southwestern Pennsylvania river, killing a small number ...
Wed, August 31, 2011
Investigation Reveals River Discovery Was Not Dynamite
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (WKZO) -- What was believed to be sticks of dynamite found in the White Pigeon River last weekend were not explosives at ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Record-breaking river flooding swamps New Jersey
By Grant McCool
PATERSON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Swollen rivers submerged stretches of northern New Jersey on Tuesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, damaging ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Treme actor found dead in Mississippi River
The 45 year old's body was found floating in the river on Wednesday morning (24Aug11), a day after his girlfriend reported him missing ...
Mon, August 29, 2011
Treme actor found dead in Mississippi River
The 45 year old's body was found floating in the river on Wednesday morning (24Aug11), a day after his girlfriend reported him missing ...
Sun, August 28, 2011
Treme actor found dead in Mississippi River
The 45 year old's body was found floating in the river on Wednesday morning (24Aug11), a day after his girlfriend reported him missing ...
Sat, August 27, 2011
Treme actor found dead in Mississippi River
The 45 year old's body was found floating in the river on Wednesday morning (24Aug11), a day after his girlfriend reported him missing ...
Fri, August 26, 2011
Treme actor found dead in Mississippi River
The 45 year old's body was found floating in the river on Wednesday morning (24Aug11), a day after his girlfriend reported him missing ...
Fri, August 19, 2011
Governors say flood control must be priority on Missouri River
OMAHA (Reuters) - A united delegation of Missouri River basin governors said on Friday that the Army Corps of Engineers needs to make flood control ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
Radioactive tritium found in river near Vermont Yankee plant
By Jason McLure
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The Vermont Department of Health said it has found detectable traces of radioactive tritium from the Vermont ...
Tue, August 16, 2011
Saugatuck Developer to Allow Townshire Fire Department to Use Dock on Kalamazoo River
SAUGATUCK, MI (WKZO) -- In a crisis, when a few minutes could be the difference between life and death, a deal between Singapore Dunes Development ...
Mon, August 15, 2011
Pipeline leaks NGL into Missouri River in Iowa
By Selam Gebrekidan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A leak in a natural gas liquids pipeline operated by Enterprise Products Partners spilled fuel into the Missouri ...
Fri, August 12, 2011
EPA to Hold Forum on Kalamazoo River Cleanup
MARSHALL, MI (WKZO) -- It’s been a while since the EPA held a community meeting to bring the public up to date on the ...
Tue, August 09, 2011
Father sues city, county after mom drives kids to death
By Ray Sanchez
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The father of three children who drowned with their mother when she intentionally drove her minivan into the ...
Mon, August 01, 2011
Body of missing New Hampshire girl found in river
By Jason McLure
LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Divers pulled the body of a missing 11-year-old girl, Celina Cass, from the Connecticut River on Monday ...
Fri, July 29, 2011
Heavy rains cause Mississippi River rise in Iowa
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Torrential rains in the Mississippi River town of Dubuque, Iowa earlier this week will cause the river to go ...
Thu, July 28, 2011
"Mystic River" author says his characters lure actors
By Martin Roberts
GIJON, Spain (Reuters) - "Mystic River" author Dennis Lehane attributes the success of his books on the silver screen to his characters ...
Mon, July 25, 2011
Bodies of 2 missing boaters found in Wisconsin river crash
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - The bodies of two men missing since a fatal boating accident on a Wisconsin river last week were found on Sunday, authorities ...
Tue, July 19, 2011
Man survives in trunk after car plunges into river
By Laura Zuckerman
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A Washington state man was listed in satisfactory condition on Monday and was "incredibly lucky to be alive ...
Wed, July 13, 2011
Missouri River floodwaters taking more farmland
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The swollen Missouri River was swamping more farmland in Missouri on Wednesday as federal officials began to prepare for a ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Southbound River Avenue closed by storm damage
Ottawa County authorities say the traffic on southbound River Avenue will be closed at Douglas Avenue for the next 48 hours to clean off ...
Mon, July 11, 2011
Four dead in Hudson River pleasure boat accident
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four people were killed on Sunday when their pleasure boat rammed into a concrete footing and partially sank in shallow waters ...
Thu, July 07, 2011
Worker falls, dies at Conoco Wood River refinery
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A contract worker died after falling from the top of an asphalt storage tank on Tuesday at the ConocoPhillips refinery in Wood ...
Wed, July 06, 2011
Missouri River flooding closes another Nebraska-Iowa bridge
By David Hendee
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - Missouri River flooding closed another bridge on Wednesday morning, with U.S. Highway 30 between Blair, Nebraska, and ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
It's official: Record June runoff to swollen Missouri River
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - It has been obvious for a while from flooding downstream but now it is official: The swollen Missouri River received a ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
Exxon Mobil says oil leaked into Yellowstone River
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp leaked as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
Bass fishing, popular on Arkansas River, hurt by high water
By Suzi Parker
LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - The Arkansas River's bass fish population faces tough times.
Various types of bass fish are shrinking ...
Sat, June 25, 2011
Levee breach in Iowa along Missouri River prompts evacuations
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - A levee breach on Saturday near Missouri Valley, Iowa flooded farmland and threatened to impact U.S. Highway 30, which connects ...
Fri, June 24, 2011
Above the Missouri River, only treetops and rooftops
By Michael Avok
FORT CALHOUN, Neb (Reuters) - From the air for miles over the Missouri River valley in eastern Nebraska, only the treetops and ...
Sat, June 18, 2011
Missouri River flood closes 100 miles of bridges
By David Hendee
OMAHA, Neb (Reuters) - Drivers trying to cross from southeast Nebraska into Missouri and Iowa on Monday found bridges closed for more ...
Wed, June 15, 2011
Missouri River floodwaters near Iowa town's new levee
By Michael Avok
HAMBURG, Iowa (Reuters) - A handful of downtown businesses stood open on Wednesday as contractors pushed to finish a temporary top to ...
Tue, June 14, 2011
Levee breaches threaten residents along Missouri River
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Residents in Hamburg, Iowa, were dry on Tuesday morning and waiting for the Missouri River to reach ...
Sat, June 11, 2011
Missouri River levee near Hamburg, Iowa fails
By Michael Avok
HAMBURG, Iowa (Reuters) - A levee on the flood-swollen Missouri River near Hamburg, Iowa failed on Monday, sending water into low-lying farmland ...
Wed, June 08, 2011
Missouri River sections closed, waters keep rising
By David Bailey
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - With the heaviest flooding yet to come, officials closed 260 miles of the Missouri River to boaters and residents ...
Fri, June 03, 2011
Missouri River flooding threatens western Corn Belt
By Mark Weinraub
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Flooding along the Missouri River could wash out cropland in the western Corn Belt that many were hoping would ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
Missing Kalamazoo Man's Body Found
KALAMAZOO -- The body of the Kalamazoo man thought to have drowned over the weekend was found Thursday just before noon. 18-year-old Anthony Johnson was ...
Thu, May 26, 2011
Search Continues in Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- County divers are still looking for the body of an 18-year-old who jumped into the Kalamazoo River in Comstock Township on Saturday ...
Wed, May 25, 2011
Army Corp warns of record rise on Missouri River
By David Hendee
OMAHA (Reuters) - The Army Corps of Engineers is warning Missouri River states to brace for possible summer flooding, as it prepares ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Search Continues in River for Missing Teen
KALAMAZOO -- Kalamazoo County divers and deputies were expected back on the Kalamazoo River Tuesday, searching for the body of Anthony Alexander Johnson.
It's ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Kalamazoo County Health: Avoid Contact with Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO -- Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services has issued an advisory for everyone to avoid all contact with the Kalamazoo River following the release ...
Mon, May 16, 2011
Coast Guard says Mississippi River closed near Natchez
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The key waterway for grain exports was cut off on Monday when the U.S. Coast Guard closed the Mississippi River near ...
Sun, May 15, 2011
Walls at Vicksburg strain as Mississippi River tops record
By Jacob Batte
VICKSBURG, Mississippi (Reuters) - The temporary walls erected at Vicksburg to hold back floodwaters were under fresh strain on Sunday as Mississippi ...
Sun, May 15, 2011
Greenville, Miss. bracing for river's flood crest
By Suzi Parker
GREENVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - Matt Eaton has lived his entire life on the Mississippi River, and it's in his blood.
Now ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Jammed river ice causes flood in Alaska village
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - More than a third of the inhabitants of a tiny native village in Alaska have been evacuated after ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Body found in St. Joseph River over the Weekend
NILES -- Another body with no name attached has turned up in Southwest Michigan. This time it was fished out of the St. Joseph River ...
Thu, May 05, 2011
Factbox: Five facts about Mississippi River flooding
(Reuters) - An unusually large snow melt and wet spring has caused a chain reaction of flooding from Canada, the Dakotas and Minnesota in the ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
U.S. blows up flood levee on Mississippi River
By Mary Wisniewski
BIRDS POINT, Mo (Reuters) - Flames shot up and a loud boom was heard on Monday as the U.S. government blew ...
Tue, April 26, 2011
Missouri sues to block demolition of river levee
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The Missouri attorney general filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday asking a judge to stop the U.S. Army Corps ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
Body pulled from Maryland river identified as missing teen
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A body pulled from the Susquehanna River in Maryland has been identified as that of a North Carolina teenager who has been ...
Thu, April 21, 2011
On father's orders, mother who drove in river buried apart
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mother who drowned herself and three of her children by intentionally driving her minivan into the Hudson ...
Mon, April 18, 2011
Red River flooding closes key Manitoba highway
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The main highway between North Dakota and the flooded Canadian province of Manitoba was set to be closed ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Red River crests at Grand Forks; snow falls
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) - The swollen Red River crested at the third highest level on record at Grand Forks, and flood conditions were ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Red River crests at Grand Forks; snow and frost forecast
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) - The swollen Red River crested at the third highest level on record at Grand Forks, and flood conditions were ...
Wed, April 13, 2011
Mother drives minivan into river with kids
NEWBURGH, New York (Reuters) - A mother and three children were found dead in a submerged minivan she intentionally drove into the Hudson River after ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
North Dakota set for Red River crest; rural areas awash
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) - The Red River was spreading out in a record swath across broad stretches of rural North Dakota and Minnesota ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Grand Forks set for Red River crest; rural areas awash
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) - The Red River was spreading out in a record swath across broad stretches of rural North Dakota and Minnesota ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
Red River floods fields, but U.S. farmers ready
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Record flooding in parts of the U.S. Red River Valley has slowed grain movement, but lake-like fields ...
Mon, April 11, 2011
Oil May Still Be In The Kalamazoo River
MARSHALL (WKZO) -- The Gulf Oil spill taught us that Oil doesn’t always float. The experts think there are huge plumes of oil that ...
Sat, April 09, 2011
Red River flood fight reaches expansive rural areas
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - The focus shifted on Monday away from cities toward fighting flooding around smaller communities that have become islands in the ...
Fri, April 08, 2011
North Dakota, Minnesota brace for Red River crest
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - North Dakota and Minnesota residents braced on Friday as the Red River edged toward a near-record crest in the Fargo-Moorhead ...
Thu, April 07, 2011
U.S. braces for floods as Red River rises
By Richard Mattern
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - For Sherri and John Stern, who have lived together on the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota ...
Thu, March 31, 2011
Barge mishap shuts segment of Upper Mississippi River
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said it halted navigation on the upper Mississippi River on a 43-mile stretch near the southern tip ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Kalamazoo River Still Needs Cleaning Following Oil Spill
CALHOUN CO. -- Officials in Calhoun County say they're still not sure when parts of the Kalamazoo River can re-open to the public following ...
Fri, March 25, 2011
Red River flooding forecasts increase across North Dakota
FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - The chances for major flooding at many locations along the Red River have grown, including the expectations for crests at ...
Fri, February 18, 2011
Green River Killer pleads guilty to 49th murder
By Elaine Porterfield
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Convicted "Green River Killer" Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty on Friday to his 49th murder charge, after being shouted down ...
Wed, February 16, 2011
Homeless men rescued from Los Angeles River in rain
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rescuers snatched three homeless men on Wednesday from rising river waters that engulfed their encampment in Long Beach, authorities said.
The ...
Mon, February 07, 2011
"Green River" serial killer faces 49th murder charge
By Elaine Porterfield
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A man convicted in 2003 of being the "Green River killer" faces a 49th count of murder, filed on ...
Thu, February 03, 2011
Three dead, five hurt after SUV plunges into icy river
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An SUV carrying eight people plunged 80 feet from a highway into an icy river in Northeast Oklahoma in subzero temperatures ...
Tue, January 11, 2011
Black River Loses as Prep Basketball Week Begins on Lakeshore
WYOMING, MI (WHTC News) - High school boys’ basketball along the Lakeshore last night saw Black River fall at Godfrey Lee, 75-46. This evening, the ...
Thu, December 23, 2010
GE expects $500 million charge for NY river cleanup
By Scott Malone
BOSTON (Reuters) - General Electric Co plans to put aside another $500 million to dredge toxic chemicals it dumped into New York ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
GE must do more to clean Hudson River: EPA
By Bernard Orr
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday ordered General Electric Co to dredge deeper into the Hudson River as ...
Wed, December 15, 2010
Parts Shortage Shuts Down GM's Lansing Grand River Plant
LANSING, Mich (WQTX) This week’s major snowstorm in the Midwest and Canada has forced General Motors to halt production at the Lansing Grand ...
Wed, December 08, 2010
Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Caused Headaches, Nausea
LANSING, Mich (WQTX) A report says headaches, nausea and respiratory problems were the most common health ailments noted after an oil spill into the ...
Mon, December 06, 2010
Barge carrying chemicals floods on Ohio River: Coast Guard
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A barge carrying hydrochloric acid on the Ohio River took on water near Louisville, Kentucky, but it did not appear that any ...
Tue, November 16, 2010
Autopsy Results Awaited for Body Found in River
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- An autopsy on a body found by an Enbridge Energy worker in the Kalamazoo River over the weekend was scheduled for Monday ...
Mon, November 15, 2010
Autopsy Planned for Body Found in River
EMMETT TOWNSHIP (WKZO) -- An autopsy is planned for a person found shot to death in the Kalamazoo River on Saturday.
An Enbridge Energy employee ...
Sat, November 13, 2010
Nicaragua, Costa Rica urged to pull back in river spat
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - The Organization of American States urged Nicaragua and Costa Rica on Saturday to withdraw their security forces from a ...
Tue, November 09, 2010
EPA: Kalamazoo River Cleanup Finished At 50 Sites
LANSING, Mich (WQTX) The E-P-A says crews have finished cleanup at 50 sites in the Kalamazoo River system where a pipeline break spilled more ...
Mon, November 08, 2010
EPA Meeting On Kalamazoo River Spill
LANSING, Mich (WQTX) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public meeting tonight to update residents on cleanup efforts related to this ...
Fri, November 05, 2010
Long Haul Yet for River Cleanup
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Efforts to clean up the Kalamazoo River continue, not just because of last summer's oil spill, but also because of PCB ...
Wed, November 03, 2010
Kalamazoo River Oil Spill Clean Up Sees Progress
KALAMAZOO -- Enbridge Energy and their hired clean up crews apparently met another deadline for the clean up after their summertime oil spill this week ...
Fri, October 15, 2010
12 Parties Named in Fox River Clean-Up Lawsuit
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The federal and state justice departments filed a lawsuit Thursday to get 10 paper companies and two communities to pay ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Recreational Ban Still in Effect on Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO (WKZO) -- Just a reminder from the Kalamazoo County Health Department: The ban on recreation use of the Kalamazoo River beyond the Morrow Dam ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
NJ governor cancels costly Hudson River tunnel project
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Thursday canceled construction of a new Hudson River commuter rail tunnel because the project could ...
Thu, October 07, 2010
River Access Partially Granted
WEST MICHIGAN (WKZO) -- The state has reopened the Kalamazoo River to the public north of Plainwell after closing the waterway last fall while PCB-contaminated ...
Thu, September 30, 2010
EPA: Kalamazoo River Clean Up Sees Progress
MARSHALL -- Another progress report on the cleanup of the Kalamazoo River was given by the EPA Thursday afternoon. They say clean up continues to ...
Wed, September 15, 2010
Kalamazoo Public Safety Identifies 17-Year-Old Lance Thomas Harris as Body Found in Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO -- Public Safety has now identified that body found floating in the river this week as a missing teenager who had not been seen ...
Tue, September 14, 2010
Autopsy Planned for Body Pulled Out of the Kalamazoo River
KALAMAZOO -- An autopsy is planned for today on the body of an adult male pulled out of the Kalamazoo River about 2PM yesterday afternoon ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
NJ temporarily halts work on Hudson River tunnel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Concerns about cost overruns have prompted New Jersey to suspend all new work on an $8.7 billion Hudson River tunnel ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Enbridge Briefings and Cleanup Continue in Kalamazoo River Spill
MARSHALL -- The EPA and Enbridge staged what has now become a weekly briefing on the clean up in Calhoun afternoon and they continue to ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Enbridge Pipeline Has Dent In St. Clair River
(Washington, DC) -- The pipeline that spilled up to one-million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River last month also has a dent in a ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Mom faked river crash after killing sons: police
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A South Carolina mother was charged with murder on Tuesday after admitting she suffocated her two toddler sons before strapping ...
Tue, August 17, 2010
Evacuation Order Lifted Near Kalamazoo River Oil Spill
Health officials are lifting their voluntary evacuation warning for residents living in part of the area closest to a massive oil spill in the ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Feds Poison Lamprey In Muskegon River System
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees plan to poison Muskegon River tributaries in coming days to rid them of larvae from invasive sea ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Man Drowns In Menominee River
Michigan State Police say a 28-year-old Upper Peninsula man drowned after falling out of a canoe on the Menominee River. The accident happened about ...
Wed, August 11, 2010
WATCH: Kalamazoo River Animals Being Released Slowly
MARSHALL --They are calling the effort to save animals along the Kalamazoo River a big success even though they are only saving a fraction ...
Tue, August 10, 2010
Kalamazoo River Cleanup Transitioning from "Crisis Management" to "Operational Management"
MARSHALL -- Officials working on the repairs and clean-up of the Michigan pipeline break say they are transitioning from “crisis management” to an “operational management ...
Mon, August 09, 2010
Kalamazoo River Cleanup Continues as 3.4 Million Gallons Have Been Recovered
MARSHALL -- The cleanup along Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River continues in both the physical and financial aspects of the disaster.
They have now ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Enbridge Owner says Kalamazoo River Ready for Insepection
The owner of a ruptured pipeline that dumped hundreds of thousand of gallons of oil into a southern Michigan river says the damaged section ...
Fri, August 06, 2010
Over a Million Gallons of Water and Oil Removed from Kalamazoo River, Talmadge Creek
MARSHALL -- Over a quarter million gallons of oily water have been removed from Talmadge Creek and the Kalamazoo River as clean up crews continue ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
WATCH: Kalamazoo River Protection Association President: "Enbridge Should be held Criminally Responsible for Oil Spill"
BATTLE CREEK -- The cleanup of the Kalamazoo River after the Enbridge Energy Partners oil spill has just begun but Kalamzoo River Protection Association President ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
WATCH: Kalamazoo River Protection Association President: "Enbridge Should be held Criminally Responsible for Marshall Oil Spill"
BATTLE CREEK -- The cleanup of the Kalamazoo River after the Enbridge Energy Partners oil spill has just begun but Kalamzoo River Protection Association President ...
Mon, August 02, 2010
River Water Banned for Irrigation Use
KALAMAZOO RIVER -- The Kalamazoo County Health Department has joined Calhoun County health officials and banned the use of river water by farmers from the ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
WATCH: Calhoun County Health Officer Jim Rutherford on the Kalamazoo River Evacuation
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) E.P.A. and Calhoun County officials held a press conference to announce the evacuation of 100 homes near the contaminted ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
Benzene in Kalamazoo River Causing Evacuations, False Positives
MARSHALL -- The Calhoun County Health Department is expanding the evacuation of homes along the Kalamazoo River. Their most recent air quality tests are showing ...
Fri, July 30, 2010
EPA: 2400 Barrels of Oil Skimmed from the Kalamazoo River
MARSHALL -- Thursday’s afternoon press briefing on the oil cleanup had good news. It appears that so far they have managed to stop the ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
WATCH: Raw Footage of the Kalamazoo River Cleanup
BATTLE CREEK -- (WKZO) The oil has stopped flowing according to Enbridge Energy Partners CEO Patrick Daniel but the cleanup has just begin. With oil ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Mississippi River traffic moving: Coast Guard
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Mississippi River reopened to alternating one-way traffic early Wednesday morning as clean-up operations continued following a barge accident north of ...
Tue, July 27, 2010
Canoeist Rescued from River
BATTLE CREEK -- Authorities in Battle Creek had their hands full last night, after receiving a 911 call regarding a flipped canoe in the Kalamazoo ...
Mon, July 26, 2010
High water to halt upper Miss. River barge traffic
CHICAGO (Reuters) - High water will halt commercial traffic on the upper Mississippi River later Monday following weekend storms that dumped more than 10 inches ...
Thu, July 01, 2010
Man Found In River
THREE RIVERS (WKZO) -- The body of a fisherman, who somehow fell out of his boat Tuesday on the St. Joseph River was recovered mid ...
Fri, June 18, 2010
Relational blasts Charles River over WuXi deal
By Toni Clarke
BOSTON (Reuters) - Relational Investors LLC, which owns 4 percent of Charles River Laboratories International <CRL.N>, has warned the company that ...
Tue, May 04, 2010
US Airways river landing was correct: safety board
By John Crawley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A US Airways crew made the right decision by ditching their plane in the Hudson River rather than try ...
Mon, April 26, 2010
Charles River to buy WuXi Pharma for $1.6 billion
By Esha Dey
BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. clinical research company Charles River Laboratories International <CRL.N> agreed to buy Chinese rival WuXi PharmaTech <WX ...
Tue, March 30, 2010
China uproar over dead babies dumped near river
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese officials have sought to contain public outrage after workers at a hospital dumped 21 dead fetuses and infants' bodies near a ...
Sun, March 21, 2010
Fargo dikes hold as Red River nears crest
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The flooded Red River moved within inches of its crest at Fargo, North Dakota on Sunday, but dikes ...
Tue, March 16, 2010
Red River rises 2 feet at Fargo, nears major flood
By Rod Nickel
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose closer, as expected, to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota, on Tuesday, rising ...
Mon, March 15, 2010
North Dakota prepares for flood as Red River rises
By Meredith Davis
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Residents of Fargo, North Dakota, rushed on Wednesday to protect their city from the rising Red River which is ...
Wed, February 24, 2010
Canadian Firm Buys Into Ownership Of Fox River Mall
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WTAQ) - The company that owns the Fox River Mall says they've reached a deal with a Canadian property manager to ...
Tue, February 16, 2010
Simon Properties Bids To Purchase Fox River Mall
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - The owner of Bay Park Square Mall has put in a bid to buy the Fox River Mall. Simon Property ...
Mon, February 08, 2010
Drug shows promise against river blindness: study
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river ...
Fri, February 05, 2010
Sheboygan River Cleanup Nears
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (WHBL) - The public had a second chance Friday to comment on the efforts to clean up and dredge the Sheboygan River.
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Thu, December 03, 2009
Chicago river poisoned to block feared Asian carp
By Andrew Stern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Authorities scooped up poisoned fish floating to the surface of a Chicago-area waterway on Thursday in an operation designed ...
Wed, November 11, 2009
Body of missing U.S. soldier found in Afghan river
KABUL (Reuters) - The body of one of two U.S. soldiers, missing since last week, has been found by a military diving team in ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
Tragedy Along the Kalamazoo River
ALLEGAN COUNTY -- An annual color tour down the Kalamazoo River turned tragic when a couple’s canoe overturned twice in the Allegan State Game ...
Sat, October 17, 2009
River Declared Safe Again
KALAMAZOO -- If you were planning to “canoe the Kazoo” this weekend, it’s safe again to take advantage of the warmer temperatures and the ...
Sat, October 10, 2009
Stay Out of the River
KALAMAZOO -- There aren’t a lot of people who go swimming in the Kalamazoo River at this, or any other time of the year ...
Mon, September 28, 2009
Mississippi River traffic blocked by grounded ship
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A tanker carrying crude oil ran aground and is blocking vessel traffic near the mouth of the Mississippi River, the most ...
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