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Photos: Herring eggs are 'Lake Superior Gold' for Grand Marais fishery
For about six weeks in October and November, Lake Superior anglers pull thousands of the silvery fish, also called cisco, from the lake's icy waters. Harley Toftey has fished lake herring in the big lake for 31 years and said there are more herring now in Lake Superior than there have ever been since he began fishing.
MPCA finds reduced pollutants in Minn. River
Oxygen levels are up in the Minnesota River, a key indicator that one of the state's dirtiest waterways is getting healthier and that efforts to reduce pollution from wastewater treatment plants are working, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency announced Monday.
A power plant that burns turkey litter has agreed to pay a $14,000 fine for burning treated wood in violation of its permit.
DNR to inspect wolf carcasses
Minnesota's first managed wolf hunting season is under way, and at last check, 69 wolves have been killed since Saturday.