CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Missouri Department of Conservation is offering a chance to canoe and kayak on the Mississippi River on September 6. The float will start at Trail of Tears State Park ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Paddling the entirety of the Mississippi River is an ambitious outing for anyone, but for a single mom and seven of her 15 kids, it’s a family adventure. “You get so wrapped up ...

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A mother and her children are on a unique journey canoeing down the Mississippi River. Nikki Bettis and seven of her 15 biological children have been canoeing the Mississippi River for close to three ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWQC/Gray News) - A Virginia mother who loves a good adventure wants to teach her children to have that same type of spirit. She and seven of her children are now paddling along the ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - A Virginia mom and seven of her kids are on a Mississippi River adventure and we caught up with them as they were leaving La Crosse. Nikki Bettis of Danville, Virginia and ...

WINONA, Minn. — Ryan Jeanes and Phillip Hullquist packed two kayaks with supplies early last summer and set off down the Mississippi River on a three-month journey from Lake Itasca, Minn., to the Gulf ...

LE CLAIRE, Iowa — A single mother and seven of her children are paddling their way down the entire Mississippi River — all 2,300 miles of it. For Nikki Bettis, the journey is as much about adventure ...