DULUTH, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Duluth Land Lab was recently voted one of the top college farms in the country. The UMD Land Lab is a thirty acre farm off of Jean Duluth Road. It started in 2009 and has been expanding ever since. Now, more than a thousand students visit every year. “Being able to have such…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – Long after the snow melts, Mont du Lac Resort remains open for business. “Everybody’s familiar with us in the wintertime so we’re constantly trying to add summertime activities,” said Mont du Lac hill manager Mike O’Hara. Recently, they’ve added a new attraction. “Archery is an important sport,” said O’Hara. “It’s actually something that’s great to have out…
DULUTH, Minn.- The Park Point Rummage Sale stretches four miles long, drawing in first-time “garage salers” and veterans who know all the tricks. This year did not disappoint shoppers or sellers. “Beautiful area of Duluth for one thing, to be coming into Park Point, seeing the lake right around here and they have such beautiful flowers here,” shoppers Lindy Danielski…
In this week’s Great Outdoors, we go on a guided fishing voyage on the St. Louis River to catch some walleye with Houston’s Guide Service. Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
DULUTH, Minn.- The Great Outdoors took over Congdon Park Elementary School as students learn how to preserve our forests. The Superior National Forest’s educational outreach program aims to inspire students to enjoy our trails but also know the proper etiquette. The gym transformed into a mock boundary waters campsite at Congdon Elementary School. “We want kids to care about the environment…
DULUTH, Minn. — “I’m a racer. I like to race,” says Johnny Wiita, a self-described drone enthusiast. Wiita got his start racing RC Cars, but his friends out west convinced him to try drones. “These things go from zero to 80 in about two seconds,” says Wiita with a huge smile. The drones are basically quad copters that are controlled…
DULUTH, Minn.- For nearly a decade Judge Shaun Floerke has been gearing up for each full day of work at the Duluth Court House by hopping on his bike. Once gas prices hit three dollars a gallon all those years ago, Judge Floerke changed up his morning commute, biking instead of driving. “The first couple of weeks were just super…
DULUTH, Minn.-The Buffalo Valley Campground, is open all year-round but excitement is blooming, as they prepare for the busy season. Located just 10 miles outside of Duluth, the campground is packed with Northshore adventurists. But getting blanketed with snow in late April, pushed the season back a smidge. “Mother nature threw a big monkey wrench into us this year,” campground…
DULUTH, Minn. — This winter has been cold and it’s been long. But soon the weather will change and it will be warm once again, which means more and more outdoor construction projects will be in full swing. “When you think about all the buildings being built, the remodelings going on in town, that’s all construction stuff and there’s a…
DULUTH, Minn. – Thousands of people rolled into the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center (DECC) for the Arrowhead Home and Builders Show. It’s one of the largest shows dedicated to gardening and remodeling for your homes. For this week’s Great Outdoors we give you to a front row ticket to the Arrowhead Home and Builders Show. The Arrowhead Home and Builders…
KELLY, Wis. — Trees are tapped and sap is running with these below freezing nights and warmer days. 100 maple trees are dripping sap for Gregg Johnson and John Barnes to collect. They tap not only hard maple, but also soft maples. Spending 2 hours each Spring day, they collect and boiling sap to make maple syrup. “It takes about…
DULUTH, Minn. — Mason Cambridge mans his post on the Coast Guard ice alder on Lake Superior. His mission is important, since there’s still plenty of ice to break for shipping season to really get started. “When they eventually have to get out and move and get their loads shipped, they’re going to need all this open so we’re breaking…
DULUTH, Minn. — It may be the official spring in the Northland, but that’s not stopping the fun on the slopes at Spirit Mountain. Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
DULUTH, Minn. – The Ski racing season came to a close as Spirit Mountain hosted the Midwest Masters Ski Races last Saturday. Fox 21 Photojournalist Graham Hakala talked to skiers and organizers at the event who say they find their passion on the hills. 56 racers took to the slopes during the competition. The Midwest Masters is a U.S. Alpine…
HAYWARD, Wis. — Right now is the time to hop on the sleds and hit the trails in Sawyer and Washburn counties! They are at peak after the near 10″ of fresh snow fell from the last storm, blanketing their 600 miles of trails. “Tourists are still coming in but it’s slowing down. So locals get to take over the…
HAYWARD, Wis. – In this edition of Great Outdoors we look back at a successful Birkie in Hayward and meet the people who make it such a popular race. Categories: Features, Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News, Wisconsin
DULUTH, Minn. – We’re heading indoors to explore the latest and greatest in outdoor recreation equipment. It was all at the DECC this past weekend. Categories: Features, Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
DULUTH, Minn.- Northern Wisconsin is preparing for the American Birkebeiner. Racers are anxious for trail condition updates and nearly 25 hundred volunteers are working to make it happen. “I think it’s beyond anybody’s wildest dreams, certainly we know the impact for Hayward, we know the impact for Cable,” executive director Ben Popp said. “We also know what it means to…
DULUTH, Minn. — Sometimes it’s the fun things we can do in the North that can allow us to brave the winter chill. “To get through Duluth winters you have to find fun things to do outside,” said Amy Broadmoor, an eager attendee at this year’s Cold Front February. “This is for sure a fun thing to do outside.” Winter…
HAYWARD, Wis. — Larry Mann and his wife Wendy moved to Hayward in the early 2000s “Her mom was in failing health a little bit,” Mann recalls. “We came back to help her thinking it would be maybe a short-term thing. Here we are 20 years later back in Wendy’s hometown.” And in 2004, seeing a demand for it, he…
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DULUTH, Minn. – Moonlight Snowshoes at Glensheen was hugely popular last year, and it is back this year. Visitors to the historic estate tour the grounds after dark and experience the Glensheen and Congdon story. There is a bonfire afterwards with s’mores afterword. The snowshoe hikes at Glensheen are happening every Wednesday in January. It’s free. You just need to…
SUPERIOR, Wis. -Mont du Lac resort in Superior is among many places staying open despite these cold temperatures. Weather in the teens and 20s is ideal for winter sports, but the big chill is not keeping everyone inside. If you’re bold enough to go out for winter activities. Mont du Lac Resort is keeping everything running just for you even…
Exciting news for Bentleyville Tour of Lights 2017, attendance was way up compared to last year. Nathan Bentley tells us that in 2016, 292,000 people visited Bentleyville in Duluth’s Bayfront Park. In 2017, that number is about 330,000 people. Bentley says it takes a lot of people to make the holiday attraction come together each year, and they are now…
Chester Bowl’s winter fun has kicked off with fantastic conditions this past weekend. Last year, 5,000 hours of volunteering went into the setup and teaching kids the slopes. Here’s this week’s Great Outdoors. Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News, Weather in the News
COOK COUNTY, Minn. – Staff at Lutsen Mountains are busy preparing for a non-stop holiday season of fun right now. From maintenance on the mountains, to answering phones at Caribou Highlands Lodge and Resort, it’s all hands on deck before thousands ring in the new year. Officials with Caribou Highlands say Christmas and New Year’s is a popular time for…
DULUTH, Minn. – There’s a new dog park at the Gary-New Duluth Community Center. There are now four dog parks across Duluth. “Not everybody wants to walk five miles, not everybody wants to walk around the block, but they love coming to the dog park and hanging out and meeting other people and then watching the dogs’ interaction, it’s a…
WISCONSIN – Rifle deer hunting season opens this Saturday and hunters across the state are gearing up. “I love being outdoors,” said Dale Kuhlman of Custom Archery and Outdoors in Superior. “I love being in the woods. Scenery, sounds, smells, and when you see animals, it’s just that much more of a bonus.” Deer season is huge in Wisconsin. “Everybody…
SUPERIOR, Wis. – It doesn’t matter if you’re six or 60. If you live in Wisconsin, you can hunt in Wisconsin without an age restriction. On Saturday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill that eliminates the minimum age requirement. Hunters previously had to be at least 10-years-old to hunt with an adult. Parents will now determine at what age…
Just last year on this date, temperatures were soaring 20 to 30 degrees above normal. For the ski hills making snow was weeks away. In this week’s great outdoors we head to Mont du Lac Ski Resort in superior where the snow is already flying. “The last two years, everybody had a tough time getting open before Christmas,” says…
NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL, Minn. & Wisc. — The North Country Trail is the longest trail in the Nation! It was created back in 1980 and it passes through 12 National Forests. Did you know that this historic trail winds right through our backyard, Northland? 4,600 miles it spans from Vermont to North Dakota, while passing through both Minnesota and Wisconsin….
DULUTH, Minn.- On Tuesday city workers in Duluth prepared for the upcoming snow during a training session at Spirit Mountain. The course gives workers an opportunity to operate the machinery, before work will be in full swing during winter in the Northland. City employees are practicing maneuvering graters and plows for snow removal. “What we do here is we get them…
DULUTH, Minn. – Birds are migrating to their winter homes in Central and South America, and Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth is a fantastic place to watch them fly overhead. In this weeks’s Great Outdoors, we take you to Hawk Ridge where a lot of work is being done to study migratory birds. “Birds are everywhere and so I…
CARLTON, Minn. — Angela Line loves her life out in the country. Her farm in Carlton has now become fun for more than just her family. “We’ve wanted to do this for many many years,” Line says. “We quit milking a few years ago – a year and a half ago. So we needed to diversify.” Just in time for…
DULUTH, Minn. – The DWP trail provides beautiful views along West Duluth’s hillside, but the old railroad bed isn’t officially open for public use. The DWP, a city owned abandoned railroad corridor, runs ten miles along Duluth’s hillside. “This trail is beautiful and I say that and, if you put this on the news, people are going to show up,…
In this week’s Great Outdoors, we head to the North Shore Inline Marathon! Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
DULUTH, Minn. – Getting outside for a walk can be a great way to relieve stress after a long day. We take a look at how some medical students are using nature to get some much needed relaxation. “Something I do for destressing is just walking outside and enjoying nature,” says Christopher Wiger, a first year medical student at UMD….
DULUTH, Minn. – Walking or running along Duluth’s lakewalk can be a great way to get outside, but it can sometimes be lonely going by yourself. In this week’s Great Outdoors, we tell you about a group who walks and runs as a community. “Sometimes the biggest challenge of getting out and being active is just having a time and…
DULUTH, Minn. – Throughout the year, 4-H offers a variety of community learning programs designed to help kids explore something new. In this week’s Great Outdoors, FOX 21’s Matt Van Winkle takes us to the St. Louis River for the club’s first hooked-on-fishing event. Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
WRENSHALL, Minn. – The Northland is receiving ample amounts of rain this season, causing some local farmers to wish for higher ground. CSA farming is much more than freshly picked produce on your table. “You’re never going to master nature; you’re never going to master Mother Nature,” said Farmer Rick Dalen, Northern Harvest Farm. It’s almost time for books and…
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In this week’s Great Outdoors, we meet up with the Northland Paddlers Alliance. The group is working with UMD to offer community paddling nights to give families a unique opportunity to try paddle boarding and canoeing. FOX 21 photojournalist Graham Hakala reports. Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
SUPERIOR, Wis. – In this week’s Great Outdoors, we meet up with 4H horse competitors in Superior who are sharing their passion and skills along the way. Categories: Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
The vast wilderness of the Boundary Waters is in our backyard with thousands of visitors a year. It has the highest point in Minnesota and some of the oldest rock on Earth. But what about the weather when you head into the wilderness? How can you prepare? Our very own Meteorologist Brittney Merlot recently spent a lot of time in…
BAYFIELD, Wis. – What better way to get outside than paddling in a boat just inches above the world’s biggest freshwater lake? In this week’s Great Outdoors, we take you sea kayaking on Lake Superior. “Kayaking is just a really neat adventure with getting to actually use your own body to propel yourself across the water,” says sea kayaker Molly…
From burgers and brats to pork and chicken kabobs, grills across the country were filled with a variety of food for the 4th of July. FOX 21’s Matt Van Winkle shows us how some local businesses prepared for the holiday. Categories: Business, Great Outdoors, News
ISLAND LAKE, Minn. – In this week’s Great Outdoors we head to Island Lake where they’re gearing up for a busy 4th of July weekend. Summer is officially here so a few things come to mind like cabins, lakes, your grill, family and friends and of course your favorite beverages. Island Lake sits just 20 miles north of Duluth. With…
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Last week more than 700 students from all across the country came together for the 17th annual Wildfire Academy in Grand Rapids. For Dan Kibat, the academy at Itasca Community College has been about taking in as much information as he can before he starts his first job with the Conservation Corps in Grand Rapids. “Being…
DULUTH, Minn. – Hundreds of youth baseball players from across the Northland were in Duluth this past weekend for Western Duluth Little League’s annual Roger Peterson Baseball Tournament. In tonight’s Great Outdoors, Fox 21’s Matt Van Winkle shows us to the sights and sounds from the diamonds. Categories: Community, Great Outdoors, News, News – Latest News
