April 29, 2011
A federal judge on Friday rejected Missouri's bid to block a levee detonation by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would flood 130,000 acres along the Mississippi River in that state but protect a nearby Illinois town.
April 28, 2011
A Mississippi River flood control dispute heated up Thursday, with Illinois and Kentucky moving to intervene as defendants in Missouri's lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from detonating portions of a levee to protect an Illinois town.