Search on for bear lame with a trap on paw
NEW LISBON, Wis. – An animal rescue team launched a search for a bear [...]
Mississippi flow 10 feet higher than usual
LACROSSE, Wis. – The Mississippi River at LaCrosse is running 10 feet above normal [...]
Updated Wabasha eagle aviary reopens
WABSHA, Minn. – After a winter of remodeling and expansion, the National Eagle Center [...]
Flood precaution: St. Anthony gates opened
MINNEAPOLIS –Army Corps, which manages Upper Mississippi dams, opened gates at the Upper St. [...]
Land Stewards lobby for soil health funds
MINNEAPOLIS —The Land Stewraardship Project is collecting signagtures to encourage the Legislature fto approve [...]
Feedlot opponents organizIng resistance
LEWISTON, Minn. – An organizational meeting has been called for Tuesday to rally opposition [...]
Walz celebrates new fishing season Up North
INGER, Minn. -- Governor Walz hooked a 21-inch walleye in Cut Foot Sioux Lake [...]
Avian flu jumps species; fox dies
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A sick wild fox in Anoka County died of avian [...]
Avian flu scare: State limits rare bird transit
MADISON Wis. – State authorities extended their avian flu quarantine to rare birds kept [...]
Army Corps seeks to slow Lake Pepin nutrient buildup
BAY CITY, Wis. – The Army Corps, which manages the Upper Mississippi shipping, is [...]
Mega-feedlot ban again before County Board
WINONA, Minn. – Two consistent supporters of the Daley Farm plan to triple the [...]
Lutsen still hosting skiers in May
LUTSEN, Minn. – The alpine ski area Lutsen will be open Saturday for the [...]
Surgeon takes lead pellets from downed eagle
ANTIGO, Wis. -- A bald eagle that was show in mid-air near Bloomer 2-1/2 [...]
Pop-up lab tests for nitrate in wells
WINONA, Minn. – People wanting to know if their well-water was safe dribbled into [...]
Kwik Trip installs Kwik-charge station
HOLMEN, Wis. – A Level 3 charge station for electric vehicles was dedicated at [...]
Suspect well water not right? Check it out
WINONA, Minn. – The state Agriculture Department will run free tests of well water [...]
Renewing the call to un-dam the Mississippi
WASHINGTON – Three dams in the Upper Mississippi drainage have been targeted by the [...]
Mississippi River threats: Pollution, habitat loss
WASHINGTON – The Mississippi River is the sixth most endangered river in the United [...]
Expert: Cool spring dooms mosquito hatch
MINNEAPOLIS – Entomologists at the Minneapolis Mosquito Control District say Minnesota’s cool spring is [...]
There will be no Meteor frac-sand mine
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Supreme Court declined to consider a Georgia company’s plan [...]
Hamlet population flees after wicked storm
TAOPI, Minn. – Hurricane-strength winds, perhaps a tornado, tore up the Mower County hamlets [...]
PolyMet mine tailings plan in new review
the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine in the Arrowhead won’t go away. Under court pressure, [...]
Egg prices soar as avian flu spreads
WASHINGTON – Highly pathogenic avian flu has forced chicken farmers to kill millions of [...]
Minnesota avian flu toll at 1 million
ST. PAUL, Minn. – More than 1 million flu-infected turkeys have been euthanized at [...]
Winona beautification project: Free trees
WINONA, Minn. – Winona’s slow recovery from dutch elm disease 30-plus years ago and [...]
Avian flu found in Wisconsin wild birds
MADISON, Wis. – The state wildlife agency confirmed that a strain of the highly [...]
Minnesota Zoo loses Siberian tiger Putin
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – The Siberian tiger Putin died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest during [...]
Army Corps floats 20-year muck dump plan
WABASHA, Minn.— The Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains navigation channels on the Mississippi [...]
The melting Pepin ice pack: Down to 22 inches
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The spring thaw is on. The latest Corps of Army [...]
Mississippi yields to 50-degree days
WINONA, Minn. – The last of winter’s ice pack on the Mississippi main channel [...]
Pepin ice pack thickens, now 27 inches
LAKE CITY, Minn. – Despite warming temperatures, the ice pack on Lake Pepin grew [...]
Budding scientists explore yeast, iron effects
WINONA, Minn. – Curiosity and scientific method led two Winona High School students to [...]
Pipeline planned to move Mississippi muck
READS LANDING, Minn. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to lay a [...]
Wisconsin updating walleye strategies
Resources has solicited public comment on a plan for walleye management being developed with [...]
Lake Pepin ice still as thick as 23 inches
LAKE CITY, Minn. – These are the Army Corps of Engineers’ Lake Pepin ice [...]
Isle la Plume for cruise ship mooring?
LACROSSE, Wis. – The state Natural Resources Department has called a public meeting about [...]
New data: Lead bullets risk eagle survival
WASHINGTON – The United States is losing 4% of its bald eagle population annually [...]
February question: When will Lake Pepin open?
LAKE CITY, Minn. – The Army Corps of Engineers began its annual Lake Pepin [...]
$500,000 gift fuels new UW-L river vessel
LACROSSE, Wis. –A $500,000 gift to the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse means full steam ahead [...]
Smokeless debris machine: Will it work?
ROCHESTER, Minn. – A pilot program to chew up and burn fallen branches, sticks [...]
Stauber lambastes Biden over mine permits
HERMANTOWN, Minn. --Second-term Congress member Pete Stauber, R-Minn., who views mining as economic asset, [...]
PolyMet: Our nickel mine permits not illegal
MINNEAPOLIS – The mining conglomerate PolyMet vowed anew to challenge anyone opposing its plans [...]
Biden to PolyMet: Pack your shovels, go home
WASHINGTON – The Biden Administration cancelled mineral leases for a giant copper-nickel mine proposed [...]
Never-freezing creek frosts everything
LEWISTON, Minn. – Spring-fed Peterson Creek, which flows from above the Lewiston Sportsmen’s Club [...]
Tornado update: Lake Wissota touchdowns
LACROSSE, Wis. – Federal meteorologists have added a ninth tornado to the Wisconsin total [...]
Tesla pledges $1.5 billion for Arrowhead nickel
AUSTIN, Texas. – Auto-maker Tesla signed a deal to buy $1.5 billion of nickel, [...]
A moose in Iowa? Not often
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – A moose wandered around the Hidden Acres golf course 1-1/2 [...]
County’s attorney: Dead-end ahead for new Daley suit
WINONA, Minn. – The attorney representing Winona County in the continuing Daley Farm litigation [...]
Expect severest winter blow yet
LACROSSE, Wis. – A blizzard was due to bear down on southeast Minnesota about [...]
Wisconsin tornadoes: Three EF-2s, three EF-1s, two EF-0s
MILWAUKEE,Wis. – The National weather Service confirmed eight tornado touchdowns in Wisconsin in the [...]
PolyMet copper mine hits new legal obstacle
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota appellate judge OK’d a case by a wilderness [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Money Creek touchdown
MONEY CREEK, Minn. – An EF-1 tornado originated on the Winona-Houston county line four [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Plainview touchdown
PLAINVIEW, Minn. – A tornado rated at EF-1touched down Wednesday night southeast of Plainview [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Rushford Village touchdown
RUSHFORD VILLAGE, Minn. – The survey team that the National Weather Service assigned to [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Arendahl touchdown
ARENDAHL, Minn. – A brief tornado formed just south of Arendahl and tracked to [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Carrolton touchdown
CARROLTON, Minn. – A tornado that began in northeast Preston Wednesday night moved parallel [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Preston touchdown
PRESTON, Minn. – A tornado tracked through Preston, population 1,300, on Wednesday night and [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Sumner touchdown
SUMNER, Minn. – A tornado dropped from thunderclouds in the Kedron Creek area roughly [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Racine touchdown
RACINE, Minn. – A tornado whipped into the ground at 110 mph near Racine, [...]
2021 Tornado Alley: Homer touchdown
HOMER, Minn. – A tornado on Wednesday night tracked from ridgetops west-northwest of Pickwick, [...]