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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invites the public to visit a DNR area fisheries office today from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to provide comments and learn more...

The Cass Lake Area Chamber of Commerce/Palace Casino and Hotel Winter Fishing Challenge will be Saturday on Cass Lake. The family event includes an ice fishing tournament from noon to...

Cooler temperatures this week helped firm the ice in the Bemidji area. Most lakes still have very good ice, as long as anglers avoid the ice heaves and watch where...

It's February. And while lakes and rivers and ponds remain locked in ice, the days are growing longer and winter is more than half over. Indeed, in about a month...

It has been another good week of ice fishing in the Bemidji area. Unseasonably warm temperatures and good ice conditions are allowing anglers to spread out and go just about...

The Cass Lake Area Chamber of Commerce/ Palace Casino & Hotel Winter Fishing Challenge will be Feb. 11 on Cass Lake. The family event includes an ice fishing tournament from...

Raptors are a group of birds that include owls, eagles, ospreys, hawks, harriers, kites, falcons, and vultures. They are what we typically refer to as birds of prey. Most raptors...

Minnesota DNR officials are holding a series of public meetings Feb. 17 to seek comments and answer questions about the elimination of special northern pike regulations on 15 state lakes...

Most of the Bemidji area got at least a few inches of new snow this week. Strong winds caused some drifting on the lakes but anglers still have good access...

When most of us think of squirrels, we probably think of tree squirrels. But the fact is that not all squirrels live in trees. Minnesota is home to a passel...

The bitter cold weather normally associated with winter in northern Minnesota waited until the third week of January before arriving this year. The first extended period of sub-zero temperatures in...

The 29th running of the annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon might be canceled again this year. At the time of this writing, the event's Board of Directors are set...

The hammer had to drop eventually, after all, this is January and this is Minnesota. The weather had to turn cold at some point and it looks like the time...

Based on accounts of many readers who took time to send emails over the past week telling me about their respective red-bellied woodpecker observations, I'd move the species' Minnesota range-line...

Two nights in a row with temperatures close to zero earlier this week helped add more ice to the lakes but temperatures rebounded quickly later in the week, just in...