MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The state Department of Natural Resources has given a timber company subsidiary preliminary approval for a sand plant in western Wisconsin that would destroy more than 16 acres of wetlands. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the…
EAST BETHEL, Minn. (AP) - It took more than once for two snowmobilers on a lake in Anoka County to learn the dangers of thin ice. Sheriff's officials say the two men called 911 Sunday afternoon, after one of them…
DULUTH, Minn.-Clients of Churches United in Ministry will now be able to use reusable bags when picking up their groceries. The bags were collected recently by the League of Women Voters at…
DULUTH, Minn.- Â The City of Duluth is looking for volunteers for annual clean and green projects. Snow is melting, and weather is warming up, which means Duluth is preparing to clean up…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - New campgrounds, a new water trail and a new chance to see bison are coming to the Minnesota State Parks and Trails system this year. The Department of Natural Resources says two new campgrounds will…
HERMANTOWN, Minn. -- We have seen some pretty dramatic temperature swings this winter, which, according to some experts, has not been good for our plants or lawns. At Miller Creek Lawn and…
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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (AP) - Stearns County authorities say a Freeport man drowned when the skid loader he was driving broke through the ice on an abandoned manure pit on his farm. The sheriff's office says 46-year-old Duane Herzog was…
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials are delaying a proposal for a new line of defense in the Chicago area to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had been scheduled to…
GRAND MARAIS, Minn. - Devil's Kettle waterfall on the Brule River, at Judge C.R. Magney State Park near Grand Marais, has baffled scientists and enchanted onlookers for years. The waterfall plunges into a cavernous…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's moose population is showing signs of stabilizing after a steep decline, but officials say the majestic creatures of the North aren't out of the woods yet. The…
IRON COUNTY, Wis. - On the afternoon of Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, around 5:30 p.m., the Iron County Sheriff's Department received a call of a snowmobile crash on Trail 17 approximately a half mile north of the DuPont Road Intersection…
For only the second time in 44 years all ski races set for this weekend's Annual American Birkebeiner have been cancelled. The only other time this happened was in 2000. Organizers for…
DULUTH, Minn. - Cliffs Natural Resources celebrated its 170th anniversary, as well as a pretty important award. Cliffs has been named business of the year by the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce. The company…
HAYWARD, Wis. - After unseasonably warm weather and rain, and the predicted snow missing the Hayward and Cable area, the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation announces the cancellation of the 2017…
