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Murals bring new life — and color — to KC's riverfront

Miss Birdy working on her mural. GIF: Abbey Higginbotham/Axios Massive new works of art are blooming along the Missouri River levee, part of Port KC's push to transform a once-tagged concrete wall ...
The Bismarck Tribune

Sand shortage in Missouri causes concern for flood fighters

The river continued to rise along the Missouri-Kansas border, but by Monday afternoon, there were no new trouble spots. Craig Sheppard, manager of the levee that protects the airport in St. Joseph, ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

ConAgra Foods to close plant in flooded Iowa town

HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) --- ConAgra Foods plans to close its microwave popcorn plant in the southwest Iowa town of Hamburg, which has been battling Missouri River flooding all summer. ConAgra spokeswoman ...
Omaha.com

Council Bluffs plans water playground, pavilion, event space at River’s Edge Park

A pavilion planned at River's Edge Park will have gathering spaces indoors and on a rooftop deck. A planned expansion at River's Edge park will be inside the Missouri River levee, between the existing ...
The Atlantic

Watch the U.S. Army Blow Up a Mississippi Levee

At 10 pm last night, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers blew up a portion of a Mississippi river levee in Missouri, sending a reported 550,000 cubic feet of water a second gushing across 130,000 acres.