This spring, Iowa Department of Natural Resources crews captured ... only three days were needed,” said Kim Hawkins, Hatchery Manager at Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery. “During this time, Spirit Lake ...

“A very robust and healthy walleye population was observed this spring during brood stock collection efforts at the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery,” said Mike Hawkins, Northwest Regional Fisheries ...

SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (KTIV) - Staff at the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery wrapped up their annual gillnetting process this week. Gillnetting is the process of collecting eggs from Walleye, Northern Pike ...

Spring is spawning season and Iowa’s fish hatcheries are working to grow the fish to fill lakes across the state. Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in ...

Spring is spawning season and Iowa’s fish hatcheries are working to grow the fish to fill lakes across the state. Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in ...

Northern pike spawning season concludes at the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery ahead of walleye netting. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa DNR) Spirit Lake, Iowa — Crews with the Iowa Department of Natural ...

Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery Manager Kim Hawkins says they were very successful in collecting the northern pike needed this year. “Within one night, we had over 130 fish in one net, so we caught ...

Need to Know: Located in its namesake Dunning’s Spring Park, the cascade here is indisputably the tallest waterfall in Iowa.Although many sources list Dunning’s Spring falls as a 220-foot cascade, it ...

Friends, family and colleagues planned to take a moment Thursday, March 20, to remember a longtime gill-netter, firefighter and board member in Spirit Lake. Wallace “Wally” Jorgensen passed away ...

Mar. 5—SPIRIT LAKE RESERVATION — Two people were killed in a St. Michael shooting Tuesday morning, March 4, and one remains in critical condition, according to a correction issued by the ...

One person was in custody Tuesday following a shooting in North Dakota’s Spirit Lake Nation that left three people dead. All three victims and the suspected shooter are Spirit Lake citizens ...

The first year for the Winter Games was in 1981 and began as a broomball tournament on the frozen waters of the local fish hatchery ... County Expo Center in Spirit Lake (1 p.m.) and ...