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Ortonville tussles over mining proposal, a familar fight in Minn.
Disputes over mining proposals are becoming increasingly common in Minnesota and the outcome often turns on whether a city decides to annex mining land from a nearby township.
One of the big messages at the 10th annual Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener in Winona on the opening weekend of the firearms deer season was the need to get kids away from their Xboxes and into the outdoors.
DNR officials said they were not surprised by early kill numbers for Minnesota's first managed wolf season.
Hunters take to woods for first wolf season
At the end of a rough and muddy trail in southern Koochiching County this weekend, a few miles from Northome, six hunters hunkered down over a simmering pot of spaghetti and talked about the challenge of taking part in the state's first managed wolf hunt.
Ojibwe members protest Minn. wolf hunt
A few Ojibwe tribal members spent part of the weekend protesting Minnesota's first managed wolf hunt, which began Saturday.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is seeking volunteers to help locate and count timber wolves.
The controversy over a permit for Northern Metals Recycling is prompting the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to install a new air quality monitor in the North Minneapolis neighborhood where the plant is located.
Minn. wolf hunters face tough odds of bringing home a pelt
It's been nearly 40 years since the federal government banned wolf hunting and placed the animals on the endangered species list. Today, few people know how to effectively hunt the elusive predator.
Dayton will be a lunch speaker at the Winona Sportsmen's Club as part of Friday's festivities before the firearms deer season opens on Saturday morning.
BBC: The age we made
The human impact on the Earth is now creating a new geological time period called Anthropocene, geologists say. The changes happening to the Earth will be visible in rocks today for geologists in the future.