Grand Isle NewsLocal news for Grand Isle, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.See All of Today's Stories- June 28, 2008 Westbound traffic on Interstate 10 just past the Claiborne Avenue exit moves slowly as a tow truck operator and members of the New Orleans Fire Department try to remove a dump truck from the median.http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/see-all-of-todays-stories?fromrss=1 International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo holds downtown party- June 26, 2008 The 89th International Grand Isle Tarpon Rodeo is one month away. The event is trying something new this year: a kickoff party one month in advance, to get people warmed up for the rodeo.http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/international-grand-isle-tarpon-rodeo-hold... Continue reading "Legislature to wrap up session today"- June 23, 2008 The Legislature will move into the final hours of the 2008 regular session today with most of its major legislation completed, but with more than 50 bills awaiting a final vote before the 6 p.m. deadline to ...http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/continue-reading-legislature-to-wrap-up-se... Swim warnings posted at most Louisiana beaches- June 13, 2008 The state health department says bacteria levels are too high for swimming at almost every Louisiana beach.http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/swim-warnings-posted-at-most-louisiana-bea... Dead Zones Grow in the Gulf of Mexico- June 8, 2008 Each spring, the cycle of death begins anew. Nitrogen and phosphorus, leached from fertilizer, pass from farmland into streams, from streams into rivers - the Mississippi, the Potomac, the Susquehanna - and ...http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/dead-zones-grow-in-the-gulf-of-mexico?from... Does high water in the river mean fewer hurricanes- June 6, 2008 A look back at the history of Mississippi River levels since 1900 reveals an intriguing fact: In the years when the river swelled, as it did this spring, few hurricanes have hit the New Orleans area.http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/does-high-water-in-the-river-mean-fewer-hu... Rescue workers hope lessons learned from boy's drowning- June 4, 2008 On boats and surfboards, a helicopter and four-wheel ATVs, police, firefighters and beachgoers searched Saturday for a 6-year-old boy missing in the Gulf of Mexico's surf.http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/rescue-workers-hope-lessons-learned-from-b... Search under way near Grand Isle for lost boy- June 2, 2008 Authorities are searching the Gulf of Mexico for a 6-year-old boy who apparently wandered away from his mother around 2 p.m., near Port Fourchon, southwest of Grand Isle.http://www.topix.net/city/grand-isle-la/2008/06/search-under-way-near-grand-isle-for-lost-... |