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Minnesota begins 2013 gypsy moth trapping program

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Officials will set more than 14,000 gypsy moth traps across Minnesota this spring as part of the state's annual monitoring program for the destructive tree...

news / region Fri, May 17, 2013 - 8:45am

Bemidji area lakes finally open and walleye fishing can begin

The 2013 fishing opener in the Bemidji area was a non-event for most anglers. Virtually all of the best walleye lakes in the Bemidji area were still covered with ice...

outdoors / fishing Thu, May 16, 2013 - 8:07pm

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources research biologist Doug Dieterman lugs a net full of fish into a small freshwater corral for tagging and the implantation of electronic transmitters on the Mississippi River below the Ford Dam in St. Paul, Minn. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. (AP Photo/The St. Paul Pioneer Press, John Doman)

Fight to stop spread of Asian carp goes high tech

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's fight to stop the spread of invasive Asian carp is going high tech. Scientists launched a new underwater spying campaign this week. They plan...

news / region Thu, May 16, 2013 - 12:27pm

Crookston moose back in town after brief hiatus

A moose that had hung around Crookston for about 10 weeks in the winter and early spring is back. Authorities believed they had finally shooed the yearling of town for...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:16am

Study finds chemicals, drugs common in Minnesota lakes

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A new study finds that chemicals from household products, prescriptions and illegal drugs are common in Minnesota lakes. MPCA scientists chose 50 lakes at random...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:03am

This spring will rival Lake Bemidji's latest ice-out date

This is uncharted territory to anyone who wasn’t alive in 1950 when the ice left Lake Bemidji on May 22. This is a spring that will rival that record latest...

outdoors / fishing Thu, May 09, 2013 - 4:21pm

Zebra mussels halt work on St. Croix bridge

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Work on a new four-lane highway bridge over the St. Croix River connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin has been halted after dead zebra mussels were found on...

news / region Fri, May 03, 2013 - 1:49pm

Extended winter will impact walleye opener on Bemidji area lakes

With one week remaining before the Minnesota fishing opener on May 11, it still looks like there will be ice on many of the lakes in the Bemidji area when...

outdoors / fishing Thu, May 02, 2013 - 6:34pm

Paul Nelson: Warm temperatures, wind, rain needed to remove ice from Bemidji area lakes

The countdown has begun to the 2013 Minnesota fishing opener on May 11. With only two weeks remaining before the season opens it is going to take a unique set...

outdoors / fishing Thu, Apr 25, 2013 - 12:04pm

Minnesota Deer Hunters Association sponsors Bemidji area firearms safety class

BEMIDJI – The Bemidji chapter of the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association is teaming with Minnesota DNR officials to host a youth firearms safety class at New Salem Lutheran Church in...

outdoors / hunting Thu, Apr 18, 2013 - 4:00pm

Opener approaches but ice may still be on Bemidji area lakes

The elephant in the room is the late spring and whether the lakes in the Bemidji area will be open in time for the fishing opener on May 11. The...

outdoors / fishing Thu, Apr 18, 2013 - 3:52pm

Initial Bemidji Area Take a Kid Fishing meeting May 9

BEMIDJI – A glance outside may not indicate that summer is on the way but Bemidji Area Take a Kid Fishing officials are already making plans for the 27th annual...

outdoors / fishing Thu, Apr 11, 2013 - 3:51pm

Bemidji area sportsmen's club officials create shooting sports fund

BEMIDJI – The Northland Regional Shooting Sports Fund was established earlier this winter with the help of a $10,000 contribution by the Bemidji Area Shooters Association (BASA) in conjunction with...

outdoors Thu, Apr 11, 2013 - 3:47pm

Spring walleye season coming to an end on Rainy River

This is the last weekend of the spring walleye season on the Rainy River. The season closes at midnight on Sunday. The 2012 Minnesota fishing licenses will expire on April...

outdoors / fishing Thu, Apr 11, 2013 - 3:44pm

10 accused of poaching, marketing hundreds of thousands of dollars of walleye from Red Lake, Leech Lake reservations

MINNEAPOLIS – Federal prosecutors have filed indictments against 10 people accused with illegally poaching and marketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in walleye and other protected fish on the Red...

news / local Wed, Apr 10, 2013 - 1:47pm

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