A seasonal signal: Autumn just around corner
Sumac ablaze. Along Mississippi bluffs at Bass Camp and Lock and Dam 5. Image: [...]
Fire crews: Greenwood wildlife mostly bottled in
ISABELLA, Minn. – After three weeks the giant Greenwood Lake wildfire has been 80% [...]
Cooler weather slows Arrowhead wildfires
ISABELLA, Minn. – Authorities say the 27,000-acreGreenwood Lake wildfire has been largely contained -- [...]
Hurricane Ida slows Winona grain shipping
WINONA, Minn. – Barge shippers out of Winona may face minor disruptions because of [...]
Bears find easy-pickings in wildfire areas
DULUTH, Minn. – Trash pickups at bins throughout the Superior National Forest were suspended [...]
Limited access allowed back into wildfire zone
TWO HARBORS, Minn. -- The Lake County Sheriff's Office will allow people back into [...]
Dragon leafs doing just fine, thank you
LEWISTON, Minn. – The dragon-leaf begonias that line Main Street have survived the summer’s [...]
Attention shutterbugs: Nature photo contest
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona-based Friends of the Refuge Headwaters has invited entries in [...]
To tourists: Try mosquito-free Whitewater trail
ELBA, Minn. – The tourism promotion agency Explore Minnesota chose Whitewater State Park as [...]
Wildfires calming in Boundary Waters area
DULUTH, Minn. – Forestry crews made major progress against wildfires in the Minnesota Arrowhead, [...]
Zoo wins grant to boost animal empathy
MADISON, Wis. -- The Henry Vilas Zoo was awarded $250,000 to encourage empathy for [...]
Kapoof: Red River bean field vanishes
CLIMAX, Minn. – The ground opened up and swallowed a bean field in the [...]
Week of Indians’ Line 3 protests end at Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota troopers moved in on Native American demonstrators protesting Enbridge [...]
Wildfires rage through 34 square miles
ISABELLA, Minn. – The Greenwood Fire swelled out of control to 34 square miles [...]
Remote, rugged Lake Superior island ablaze
ISLE ROYALE, Mich. -- Rangers have contained only 30 acres of a 200-acre wildfire [...]
State Supreme Court OK with Enbridge Line 3
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by [...]
Greenwood Fire widens footprint in Laurentian District
ISABELLA, Minn. – Firefighters retreated from the path of the growing Greenwood Fire in [...]
Disease-testing for killed deer back
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Deer hunters must bring carcasses to testing stations in designated [...]
Greenwood wildfire slows, not yet contained
DULUTH, Minn. – The Greenwood Fire southwest of Isabella calmed a bit overnight, which [...]
Forest Service closes entire Boundary Waters
DULUTH, Minn. – The U.S. Forest Service closed the whole 1.1 million-acre Boundary Waters [...]
Rail fans, environmentalists rally for trains
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – Two dozen advocates to restore long-abandoned passenger trains to Eau [...]
The season for giant sturgeon and the Sturgeon Moon
WINONA, Minn. – Most people in these parts call it the Full Sturgeon Moon. [...]
Greenwood Fire uncontained, growing
ISABELLA, Minn. – The Greenwood Fire leaped over Highway 2 southwest of Isabella, growing [...]
High smoke beautifully refracts sunup, sunset rays
MINNEAPOLIS – Expect spectacular sunsets and sunrises this week because of smoke from Canadian [...]
Lightning set off Northwoods fires, then came winds
ISABELLA, Minn. – Whipped by strong afternoon winds, the Greenwood Fire exploded to 1,500 [...]
Due to drought, expect autumn colors earlier
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Autumn reds, yellows and bronzes are showing up in northern [...]
Water rationed in drought-hit Byron
BYRON, Minn. – This fast-growing exurb 10 miles west of Rochester. population 5,400, is [...]
French Island goes after Big Chem for toxic water
FRENCH ISLAND, Wis. -- Town of Campbell homeowners, 48 of them, filed a class [...]
State aid for Caledonia water upgrade
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Public Facilities Authority issued a $1.3 million low-interest [...]
Wildlife staff seeks lower wolf quota
MADISON, Wis. --- State wildlife officials have proposed limiting the number of wolves that [...]
Wildfire smoke “an unprecedented air-quality event”
LAMOILLE, Minn. – Smoke from wildfires Out West blanketed southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin [...]
GOP leader: Walz will pay for clean-car rules
EAST GULL LAKE, Minn. – Republican Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka predicted that Democratic [...]
Drought effect: Northern lake levels lower
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Army Corps of engineers, which operates dams in the [...]
Selective logging project near SMU OK’d
WINONA, Minn. – The Winona Planning Commission granted permission to logger Alex Langen to [...]
Red Lake outflows slowed to save water
BEMIDJI, Minn. – The flows out of Red Lake have been cut at the [...]
Walz celebrates new state clean-car rules
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Governor Tim Walz defended his program to accelerate the switch [...]
PolyMet: We’ve done everything by the book
ST. PAUL, Minn. – PolyMet Mining expressed disappointment at the Minnesota Court of Appeals [...]
Borer widens southern Minnesota swath
ALDEN, Minn. – The voracious tree-tunneling emerald ash boror has arrived in Alden, midway [...]
Ecologist: Human options few against drought
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state and indeed human beings have limited resources to [...]
Blow-down timber chest-high at Delta Lake fire
ELY, Minn. – Firefighters have surrounded the 62-acre Delta Lake fire east of Ely [...]
State agency: Water cutbacks needed
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The state Natural Resources Department called on Minnesotans to identify [...]
Fire zone: Boundary Waters access sealed off
ELY, Minn. – More access points to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness were [...]
Wildlife smoke on way from 1,200 miles west
LACROSSE, Wis. –Smoke from Pacific Northwest and Canada fires was being driven into the [...]
Line 3 appeal goes to state Supreme Court
MINNEAPOLIS – Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline across northern Minnesota appealed [...]
Wisconsin to hunters: No sharp-tailed grouse for now
MADISON, Wis. – The state Department of Natural Resources canceled Wisconsin’s sharp-tailed grouse season [...]
CenterPoint: Ellison wrong about gouging
HOUSTON – The giant Texas-based CenterPoint Energy, which services Minnesota and six other states, [...]
State issues grants to eradicate noxious weeds
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Agriculture awarded $5,000 grants to rid [...]
Pipeline 3 mishap looses drill mud into river
AITKEN, Minn. – A spill of drilling mud got away from an Enbridge Energy [...]
Eau Claire seals four wells for toxicity
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. –The City shut down four municipal water wells after “forever chemicals” [...]
Gas provider: Our Storm Uri pricing reasonable
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – The natural gas company Minnesota Energy Resources said its billing practices [...]
Minnesota utilities accused of massive overbilling
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Major regulated utilities overcharged Minnesota customers $380 million in a [...]
A mile downriver and a world away
WINONA, Minn. – Like ants circled around a drop of honey, boaters flocked to [...]
Toxic blue-green algae here with June heat
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A hot June has accelerated the arrival of potentially toxic [...]
What recourse for Line 3 opponents?
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The clock is ticking for opponents of the Enbridge Line [...]
Enbridge claims trans-Minnesota Line 3 victory
CALGARY, Alberta – Canadian oil pipeline giant Enbridge welcomed the decision of the Minnesota [...]
State court sides with Enbridge for Line 3
STPAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Appeals Court voted 2-1 to allow Enbridge Energy to [...]
Ecology leader welcomes Keystone XL demise
TUCSON, Ariz. – A senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, Jared Margolis, [...]
Keystone XL: Deader than a doornail
CALGARY Alberta -- The Canadian company TC Energy confirmed its defeat to environmentalists and [...]
Cops use bolt-cutters, sonic weaponry on protestors
SOLWAY, Minn. – These were among policing tools used in the first day of [...]
How many Line 3 arrests? Sheriff mum
SOLWAY, Minn. – Police moved selectively to remove groups of protesters a few at [...]