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8:53 am
Mon July 30, 2012

Mo. River gets boost from northern reservoirs

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The Missouri River near Rocheport, Mo.
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The same reservoirs in northern states that were blamed for last year's flooding on the Missouri River are now giving the river a boost during a severe drought.

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Transportation
2:21 pm
Tue July 10, 2012

MoDOT awards $111 million contract to rebuild Missouri River bridge

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By Rachel Lippmann

Originally published on Tue July 10, 2012 1:32 pm

Two familiar names in St. Louis construction have won a Missouri Department of Transportation contract to rebuild the Daniel Boone Bridge, which carries Interstate 64 across the Missouri River at Chesterfield.

Alberici Enterprises and Walsh Construction will start on the $125 million project in early 2013. The construction portion of the contract totals $111 million.

MoDOT director Kevin Keith called it a great day for his department and the region, saying St. Louis and St. Charles counties are getting a lot from the contract.

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Under the Microscope
7:11 pm
Thu June 28, 2012

Managing the Missouri River

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Soybeans planted in previously flooded areas near the Missouri River in Atchison County, Mo., poke up through the silt.
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This week, we’ll hear about efforts to manage the Missouri River.

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Science, Health and Technology
7:06 pm
Thu June 28, 2012

Control of Missouri River divides communities

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Jim Redmond, with the Northwest Iowa Sierra Club, stands along the Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa. Redmond said the river could handle the rainfall of the 2011 flood, but not when it’s cutoff from the flood plain.
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Bill Smith, president of the Missouri Valley Waterfowlers Association, stands near homes built along the Missouri River. Smith is also a subcontractor and has worked on dozens of homes since last year’s flood.
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Iowa area farmer Brian Johnson stands on his neighbor’s farmland where river bottom sand and silt has piled up, sometimes as high as 20 feet.
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Soybeans planted in previously flooded areas near the Missouri River in Atchison County, Mo., poke up through the silt.
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Along a vast stretch of the Missouri River, the floodwaters that ravished homes, businesses and farms last year are not a distant memory.

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Agriculture
9:10 am
Tue June 12, 2012

Farmers and environmentalists at odds over Missouri River chute plans

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Originally published on Mon June 11, 2012 6:23 pm

Farmers and environmentalists faced off at a hearing today in Jefferson City over a water project on the Missouri River west of Boonville.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to build a new chute at Jameson Island designed to protect the pallid sturgeon and other native fish species.  Building it would involve dredging along the Missouri River, and the Corps wants to dump the sediment back into the river.  The move is strongly opposed by farm interests.  Dale Ludwig with the Missouri Soybean Association says up to a million cubic yards of sediment could be dumped into the Missouri River.

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AM Newscasts
9:18 am
Tue May 29, 2012

Newscast for May 29, 2012

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