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area between where the Missouri and Ohio rivers merge into the Mississippi. Association officials cite concern about rock formations near Thebes, Ill., and Grand Tower, Ill., that would threaten to stop barge traffic by around Dec. 10 if water levels drop as much as anticipated.
• "The Mississippi River is an economic superhighway that efficiently carries hundreds of millions of tons of essential goods for domestic use as well as national export. We need to address this situation swiftly, cut through bureaucratic red tape, and prevent the closure of the Mississippi," said Tom Allegretti, the American Waterway Operators' president and CEO.
• Allegretti's trade group said barges on those corridors carry 20 percent of the country's coal and more than 60 percent of its grain exports. A mix of other cargo -- everything from petroleum products to lumber, sand, industrial chemicals and fertilizer -- also gets shipped by river.
• Because of the drought, the Mississippi has received as much as 78 percent of its water from the Missouri this year, compared with 60 percent in a normal year, according to Nixon's office.
• "I know that alternative measures are being considered to maintain the Mississippi channel, including dredging and clearing of rock pinnacles along the river," Nixon wrote. "I urge you to fast-track and fully implement those efforts."
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Mega Millions ticket sold in SD worth $40,000
• BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. (AP) -- A Mega Millions ticket sold in Belle Fourche (foosh) is worth $40,000 in last Friday's drawing.
• South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white balls and the Mega Ball to win the game's $10,000 third prize, and the winner purchased a multiplier option that quadrupled the winnings.
• Mega Millions is played in 42 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The odds of winning the game's third prize are one in about 689,000. The jackpot sits at $19 million for the next drawing, on Tuesday.
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No arrests in shooting outside events center
• AUSTIN, Minn. (AP) -- Sheriff's investigators say their work to find those responsible for a shooting outside an events center near Austin that left five wounded, including two critically, has been hampered by uncooperative witnesses.
• Mower County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Mark May said Monday no arrests have (Continued on page 35)
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