Mississippi River

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In a July 2015 photo, The Pearl Button cruises up the Mississippi River during Great River Days. The Pearl Button’s owner says the boat will no longer churn along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa because he can’t afford extensive repairs needed to fix the damage the sidewheeler suffered after breaking loose during a March 6, 2017 tornado. (Beth Van Zandt/Muscatine Journal via AP)