Anglers can now legally reel in walleye, trout, bass, and northern pike. Gov. Tim Walz marked the occasion with an event in Cross Lake. This weekend is also Take A Mom Fishing weekend. Every year on ...

Rangers are clearing winter debris, checking locations for safety cautions and getting campgrounds ready for opening.

Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, fishing pressure this past winter on Lake of the Woods didn't set a record, despite ideal ice conditions and marginal snow cover that made it easy to get around.

Volunteers added their GreenTouch to Kilen Woods State Park near Lakefield May 3. Sponsored by Federated Rural Electric in ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

We've got Joel out on the water with us today. We had a couple inches of snow on the driveway this morning, but that's okay!

Only a few days remain until what many consider the official start to summer: the fishing opener. While ice conditions ranged ...

For Minnesota, one of the days is the opening of fishing on May 10. The other special day is Mother’s Day, this year on May ...

Manganese Falls (Copper Harbor): Dropping 45 feet from the top of a rocky gorge, this waterfall is tucked into a forested ...

The homeless population shifts from shelters overnight in the winter to encampments in the spring. That according to Benton ...

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

In Minnesota, big lakes mean big fish, and lots of them. And big money, too. According to the Department of Natural Resources, the state’s 10 largest inland lakes feature a combined surface area of ...