Can the lure of wireless Internet service get more people outdoors? That experiment is under way this summer at Itasca State Park, where the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering free, ...

pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — This week on "Hitting The Trails" we head a ways up north to historic Itasca State Park in Park Rapids. "Itasca State Park was the second state park in the country and this area ...

Minnesota's oldest state park is celebrating its 125th birthday today. Itasca State Park, home of the Mississippi Headwaters, totals more than 32,000 acres and includes more than 100 lakes. Visitors ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A small wildfire is burning in Itasca State Park in drought-stricken northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the fire was reported burning Tuesday ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, Minn. — For those with an appreciation for the golds and reds the season brings, now is the time to get out and enjoy the sights of autumn. According to the Minnesota Department of ...

According to information from Dr. Jonathan Oliver, an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and public health entomologist, there are approximately 1,000 to 1,400 ...

Could climate change turn Minnesota into Kansas? Lee E. Frelich, director of the University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology, addressed this question during his presentation on Saturday, Sept.

A key piece of groundwork starts Monday to begin connecting one of Minnesota's most-visited parks with one of its original rail trails. The first phase of establishing a connector trail of more than ...

It still drew a crowd Saturday afternoon, even though most of its canopy blew off at the beginning of July. The red pine tree in Itasca State Park, Minn., still stands, but is missing much of its top ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, Minn. — A fire on the western edge of Itasca State Park in northwest Minnesota has burned about 9 acres, officials said Wednesday. The fire was reported to the Clearwater County ...