MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Merced River and the San Joaquin River will be closed for recreational use throughout Merced County, announced the Merced County Sheriff’s Office on Monday.

A Merced County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. Merced Sun-Star file image. Andrew Kuhn [email protected] The Merced County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a man who drowned while fishing ...

MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Merced County Sheriff's Office was hard at work on Thursday searching for a missing 17-year-old. "We want disclosure for the family, very much so," said Sheriff Vern ...

Minor flooding is forecast for the Merced River at Stevinson beginning Saturday morning, the National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley office in Hanford said Friday. With snowmelt continuing to fill ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The search for a missing person is now a drowning investigation. The Merced County Sheriff's Office says the person was found dead in the Merced River. The search began ...

The public is urged to exercise caution in and around the Merced River below the new Exchequer and McSwain dams, as increased water flows are scheduled to take place this week and into the next in an ...

Farms drained part of the Merced for months. Officials didn’t find out until after the fact, raising questions about the state’s ability to manage supplies during droughts. By Raymond Zhong During ...

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of a man who drowned while fishing along the Merced River in an area north of Livingston on Sunday. At about 4 p.m., Merced County Sheriff’s ...