Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on ...

Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

KAUKAUNA (WLUK) -- Boaters are getting ready to take to parts of the Fox River and the lock system that connects most of the water route from Menasha to Green Bay. There are some obstacles, like the ...

The tug Theresa L. Wood heads upstream after locking through Lock and Dam #8 in May in Genoa, Wis. The vessel was moving barges from St. Louis to Winona, Minn. The locks allow the boats to gradually ...