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Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Barge traffic is moving on the upper Mississippi River but there is still concerns about the river level south of St. Louis.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012  The U.S Army Corps of Engineers is considering a plan to reduce the flow of the Missouri River and that could affect barge traffic up and down the Mississippi River.

Wednesday, February 09, 2011  A lot of Missourians think it could prove catastrophic.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010  Plan H is one of the alternatives the US Army Corps of Engineers has studied as part of the Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan.

Friday, November 12, 2010  The US Army Corps of Engineers has scheduled a meeting to explain Plan H to farmers and flood prone areas south of Ralls County.

Monday, May 03, 2010  The comprehensive plan addresses flood protection for northern states along the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, including Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010  Flood outlook and projects to improve levees were the main topics at the annual conference of the Upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers Association

Thursday, July 30, 2009  One of the projects is preconstruction engineering and design work for the construction of a new lock and dam system on the Upper Mississippi River.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009  Officials with a new Midwest flooding task force say all but two of the levees damaged in 2008 flooding have been fixed.