ST. PAUL — Minnesota legislators have introduced a bill to bar copper-nickel mines from developing within the same watershed ...

Northern Minnesota Republican Congressman Pete Stauber has reintroduced legislation to overturn a 20-year mining ban near the ...

Darin Fagerman, a former Minnesota state trooper and retired conservation officer, built a solar-powered cabin eight-tenths of a mile into Canada on Saganaga Lake. Far from any roads, it is a remote ...

For this Northern Minnesota lodge, the renewable energy source has made the difference between staying closed or reopening ...

Readers of the book “Canoeing with the Cree” and others streamed into the McLeod County Historical Museum Sunday to learn about Rudy Goldstein’s 2010 attempt to replicate the journey ...

Four college students are currently planning an 85 day, 1,200 mile canoe trip from Lake Superior to Hudson Bay.

Hutchinson’s One Book, One Community Committee did well in selecting its book for this year’s community read – “Ordinary Grace,” by William Kent Krueger. The ...

Black Lake sturgeon season ended after just a few minutes, setting a record for the fast sturgeon season ever.

Roger Klingberg, age 78, of Prior Lake, passed away on Tuesday 23, 2016. A Celebration of Life Service is Tuesday, March 1 at 11 a.m. with visitation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church ...

These nine affordable weekend escapes across the US are perfect for couples. Enjoy a weekend stay under $175 a night!

Gizagii'in craft market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Fond du Lac Cloquet Community Center, 1720 Big Lake Road. Shop Indigenous-owned small businesses. Pep squad breakfast fundraiser, 8-11 a.m., Carmen's ...

A busload of fifth-graders from Southview Elementary School piled onto the ice of Lake Waconia, scooting, sprinting and walking en masse to an array of fish shanties. Inside those heated shelters, ...