Outdoors

BEMIDJI -- The city of Bemidji is now accepting permit applications to participate in two special white-tailed deer archery hunts within the city. Both hunts will follow the regular Minnesota deer archery season, which runs Sept. 13 through Dec. 31. The Bemidji Regional Airport...

Ditches, many hay fields and untended fields are bright with oxeye daisies and bright orange and yellow hawkweed flowers. Indeed, it is a pretty sight but there is more to it. Both of these are extremely invasive and they will soon be joined by lovely lavender spotted knapweed....

During my summers conducting wildlife research across the Missouri Coteau of North Dakota, not many creatures moved me more than the upland sandpiper; that "shorebird of the prairie," that delicate avian friend of mine with the somewhat melancholy whistle, a song so gently delivered,...

Gardeners use lots of power equipment to help them with their work. A quick look around the garage or tool shed reveals tillers, leaf blowers, mowers, string trimmers, chain saws, pressure washers and more. In the past, you just went down to the gas station and filled a can, put...

BEMIDJI -- The Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission will host a district planning meeting from 5:30 to 8 p.m. June 17 at Bemidji City Hall, 317 Fourth St.

It was a tale of two cities this past weekend. Or, rather, two bears. On Friday, a bear that had wandered into Bemidji city limits during the morning hours was later tranquilized and relocated to a nearby park later in the day. On Saturday morning, a bear was shot and killed...

WEST ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Police in West St. Paul shot and killed an injured black bear early Saturday. The bear was spotted in a residential area. Police Chief Manila Shaver said efforts to contain it in hopes of tranquilizing it were unsuccessful. He said a possible injury...

BEMIDJI -- The Kraus-Anderson Walleye Classic will return this weekend, an annual event that routinely brings more than 1,000 people to Bemidji's waterfront. The 14th annual Kraus-Anderson Walleye Classic presented by Seven Clans Casinos is a competitive, live-release walleye fishing...

BEMIDJI -- The harsh weather this past winter hasn't stopped the tick population from growing, officials said. In a press release from the Minnesota Department of Health, officials warned the public about the dangers of tick-borne diseases, saying that the tick population was unaffected...