A draft environmental report card for the state warns that as global temperatures warm, Minnesotans need to prepare for increases in catastrophic “mega-rains” and a greater spread of tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease.The report card comes from the Environmental Quality Board, which will discuss the draft next week. The final version will provide a foundation for the Minnesota Environmental Congress in February.The report card singles out climate-related issues for the lowest marks.Minnesota is getting more frequent “mega-rains,” when at least 6 inches affects over 1,000 square miles. Minnesota has experienced seven in the past 17 years, compared with four in the previous 27. Minnesota recorded two this summer alone.The report also shows how ticks are becoming more widespread across Minnesota with the warmer weather.___Online:The draft 2017 Minnesota Environment and Energy Report Card can be viewed at: http://bit.ly/2hwjr4CMinnesota Environmental Congress: https://www.eqb.state.mn.us/environmentalcongress
The Department of Natural Resources plans to ban deer feeding in five counties, as the agency fights chronic wasting disease in southeastern Minnesota.
Authorities say three people have died and 11 others are hurt following a pileup on a snow-slickened Interstate 96 near Lansing, Michigan.Lt. Eric Sanborn of the Livingston County Sheriff Department confirmed the three deaths Thursday in the pileup involving about 40 vehicles. He says 11 other people were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.Sanborn says westbound lanes of the interstate about 55 miles west of Detroit remained closed about 5{ hours after the pileup began Thursday morning.Several crashes also were reported on Detroit-area freeways
Authorities have charged two juveniles with starting an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings.
Wisconsin Democrats are blasting a Department of Natural Resources report that proposes raising state park fees and selling naming rights to park facilities.
Much of the fuel in the Northland arrives through oil and gas pipelines.
After hearing numerous public speakers on the resolution, the Duluth City Council voted 8-0 in favor of showing support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
It’s cold outside, but people across the Northland are still enjoying outdoor camping. We have some tips on how to stay safe.
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault says it’s time for Dakota Access oil pipeline opponents to leave camp, along the pipeline route in southern North Dakota.
Test results submitted, confirm that two deer harvested by hunters in southeastern Minnesota were infected with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
The 315-mile bicycle route that runs between St. Paul and Grand Portage State Park, just south of the Canadian border, is the state’s second route to be listed on the U.S. Bicycle Route System, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
He’s working on a memoir about the life-changing experience
Recent weather patterns have made it difficult for businesses like Duluth Experience to start winter activities.
UPDATE: Tennessee mayor says authorities have recovered 3 more bodies after wildfires, bringing death toll to 7.
The uncontrollable fires in Gatlinburg, TN make some of us take a step back and realize what happened in north east Minnesota almost 100 years agoThe fires of 1918 swept across three different county’s burning buildings and homes while also taking dozens of lives
Hunters killed nearly 197,000 deer during Wisconsin’s traditional nine-day gun season this month, down 6 percent from last year’s harvest.
Wildfires that have been burning through parts of the Great Smoky Mountains have destroyed a resort, and forced thousands of people to flee to safety.
This season’s warm temperatures mean no snow for people to enjoy certain outdoor winter activities.
Today, Monday, November 28, 2016, Governor Scott Walker requested a Secretarial Disaster Designation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for producers in 10 Wisconsin counties, who suffered crop losses following freezing temperatures in May.
Winter has arrived in Duluth, and the City of Duluth is reminding residents of the partnership between themselves, businesses, and the City Street Maintenance team. While many are getting out and enjoying the fun winter activities, navigating streets and/or sidewalks can always pose a challenge.
In this week’s Great Outdoors, we take you to Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center for wreath making.
Test results have shown that two deer harvested in southeastern Minnesota have chronic wasting disease.
Giants Ridge has received nine inches of snow as of Monday, November 21, with an additional three to six inches expected in the forecast this week.
The earth-shattering power of NASA is usually felt for most through one’s television. But for 21-year-old UMD student Kirsi Kuutti, the sky is the limit.
Calumet oil refinery in Superior is making a big splash with plans to sink 30 million dollars into an expansion project.The community was invited to an open discussion forum to ask any question they may have about the project.
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck Tuesday off the coast of Fukushima prefecture in Japan. A tsunami warning for waves of up to three meters (10 feet) was issued.
The City of Duluth will be conducting maintenance on the Lakewalk Trail between the Sister Cities Park and the Aerial Lift Bridge due to the recent snow storm.
Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters and law officers are facing off again at a shut-down bridge on a state highway near the protesters’ camp in southern North Dakota.
The 60 acres of land at the family’s farm got a workout this week.
The number of Lake Country Power members without electric service has grown through the afternoon. Nearly 900 members were without power late Friday morning, and it has grown to more than 6,000 late into the afternoon.
Travel is not advised in northern Aitkin, central St. Louis, Itasca, and southern Koochiching counties, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
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Voyageurs National Park staff are seeking information on a possible poached deer near the Blind Ash Bay Hiking Trail. The incident is believed to have occurred on or near October 28, 2016.
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Department of Natural Resource and Environment (DNRE) announced today that it has stocked more than 45,000 Ogaa (walleye) into lakes in Aitkin, Pine, Morrison, and Crow Wing counties.
“When I was little on the farm, I didn’t know very many people because there wasn’t many people here. I lived here before Silver Bay even did,” said Jenny Hanson, a resident of Silver Bay.
The moon will appear its largest since 1948. It’s expected to look 14% bigger and 30% brighter.
Officials say that the state of Michigan will no longer stock Chinook salmon in Lake Superior, as the species is now doing well enough on its own.
Officials locked down the North Dakota Capitol on Monday after opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline gathered there, just one day before groups planned more than 200 protests at Army Corps of Engineers offices across the country, according to The Associated Press.
If you take a trip up Highway 61 along the North Shore of Minnesota, history whispers in the waves.
Last night, we brought you part one of the group from Red Cliff Indian reservation making their way to Standing Rock and the message they wanted to accomplish.
A Zimbabwean court has set aside charges against a professional hunter accused of allowing an American dentist to kill Cecil, a lion whose death in 2015 prompted an international outcry.
A Union Pacific train derailment and hazardous chemical spill that occurred Friday morning, has prompted evacuations in the small southern Minnesota town of Ellendale, as well as the closure of a state highway.
Members of the Red Cliff Indian reservation made the 12 hour trip to standing rock North Dakota.We bring you a different perspective through the eyes of those who made it the front lines of the Dakota pipeline protest.
Minnesota firearms hunters registered 68,958 deer during the first two days of firearms deer season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
Three environmental groups have sued the state of Minnesota, accusing it of letting North America’s largest taconite mining operation pollute lakes and streams for decades.
The Carlton County Transfer Station on Highway 210 is offering a collection and recycling of holiday lights for those who may have a pile of burned out lights or are looking to make the switch to energy-efficient LED lights.
Hunter deaths have been reported in Morrison and Carlton counties.
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed expanding the use of a new version of a popular weed killer on genetically modified crops.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced on Thursday, November 3, that the winter walleye regulation will allow anglers to keep one walleye between 19 and 21 inches or one longer than 28 inches.
On Thursday, November 3, 2016, PolyMet submitted a Permit to Mine application for its proposed NorthMet project near Hoyt Lakes.
