28 in Horicon. This part of the Wisconsin River, from Sauk City to where it reaches the Mississippi River in Prairie du Chien, is the longest free-flowing stretch of river in the Midwest.

Madeline Heim is a Report for America corps reporter who writes about environmental issues in the Mississippi River watershed and across Wisconsin. Contact her at 920-996-7266 or [email protected].

To safely remove the stoplog, perform repairs and install a new one, the company had to lower the water level temporarily along the roughly 2.5-mile stretch of the Wisconsin River between the ...