ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A report from a Minnesota university shows adding energy storage may be a cost effective way to help meet the state's electricity demand. Minnesota Public Radio reports that University of Minnesota's Energy Transition Lab presented…
WELCH, Minn. (KMSP) - The crew at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock and Dam No. 3 on the MississippiRiver in Welch, Minnesota had a bit of a bug problem to deal with on Wednesday. It’s mayfly season, and mounds…
CANOSIA TOWNSHIP, Minn. - Boaters on Pike Lake now have a new tool to help prevent the spread of invasive species. A state–of–the–art watercraft cleaning station was recently installed at the…
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) - A study is continuing in Lake Minnetonka this year on a potential new method to control zebra mussel populations. Researchers from the Minnehaha Creek Watershed…
LONDON (AP) - A vast iceberg with twice the…
HIBBING, Minn. - On Wednesday, you have the chance to eat a special, home-cooked meal at a local farm. Mr. Ed's Farm in Hibbing is hosting a free…
PIKE LAKE, Minn. - A new tool has been installed at Pike Lake to help protect the lake from aquatic invasive species. The CD3 station is funded through the St. Louis County AIS grant program for a two-year pilot prevention…
Check out this video that kayaker Cody Wolters, of Fargo, N.D., captured of a large muskie gripping a northern pike in its jaws. The Star Tribune reports that the kayakers captured the rare event on a lake in Itasca State…
MADISON, Wis. - Governor Scott Walker announced $2.4 million in grants to protect and improve the Great Lakes resources in Wisconsin's coastal communities. Thirty-four grants will be used by local and state governments,…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Decontamination units in Minnesota and Wisconsin will launch a multiday effort to stop numerous invasive species that threaten a river separating the two states. The Star Tribune reports that inspectors will staff six decontamination boats on the St.…
DULUTH, Minn. - It's big news and big funding for the Natural Resources Research Institute. The institute was granted an additional $2 million in recurring funding from the Minnesota State Legislature. This…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan gets a hearing this week on his bill to push through a land exchange needed for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota. It's one of four land exchange bills the House…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) –Minnesota hunters and anglers can expect a more modern electronic licensing system with some new bells and whistles. The Department of Natural Resources is looking for a vendor to upgrade the system when its current…
HOLT, Mich. (AP) - Analysts say there's a small chance but serious risk of an oil spill from a nearly 65-year-old dual pipeline underneath the Straits of Mackinac in northern Michigan. Engineer James Mihell of Dynamic Risk Assessment Inc. says…
CLOQUET, Minn. -- For the first time in about a decade, the fees to visit Minnesota’s state parks have increased. Daily park passes have increased from five dollars to seven,…
