A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the ...

Anyone with plans to camp at Itasca State Park should check the DNR website, as areas of the park were affected by the ...

Charlie Wedes didn’t look like a revolutionary when, 16 years ago, he and another grade-schooler puttered around Lake Minnewashta in the metro’s western suburbs, casting for largemouth bass. Just 6 ...

Open year-round on the shores of Lake of the Woods near Baudette, Ballard's Resort has become one of the state's best places ...

Grand Marais serves as the perfect base camp for exploring the natural wonders of Minnesota’s North Shore and the Boundary ...

Grand Marais, Minnesota isn’t just another dot on the map—it’s that rare small town that makes you wonder if you’ve ...

In the vast inland ocean that is Lake of the Woods, 14-year-old Connor Halsa somehow hooked a wallet full of money lost by an Iowa farmer a year earlier.

"Tariffs temporarily are going to hurt us. But in the long run, will it wake some people up?" a resident of the quirky Angle ...

The lakes of the US are often thought of as great holiday destinations. All of them provide a combination of hiking, boating, fishing, camping, and other holiday-related activities. Indeed, many ...

In Minnesota, there are catch-and-release seasons, with some harvest seasons on the St. Croix River and Canadian border waters, which essentially means Lake of the Woods, the Rainy River and Rainy ...

Joe Banish of Grand Forks, N.D., caught this 27½-inch walleye Saturday, May 10, 2025, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, on Lake of the Woods near Baudette, Minn.

They call it the Minnesota Fishing Opener, but up here on Lake of the Woods – and thousands of other lakes across the state, I dare say – it’s the walleye that reigns supreme.