Lifestyle

Duluth on the hunt for summer lifeguards
The city of Duluth and the Duluth Area Family YMCA are struggling to recruit lifeguards to staff the Park Point beach on Lake Superior this summer. Duluth’s struggles are part of a larger nationwide lifeguard shortage that have hit communities in the Twin Cities and beyond.
Donor gives $1 million gift to Animal Humane Society in Twin Cities
The Animal Humane Society said the money will help boost a planned capital campaign aimed at opening a new animal adoption and care campus in St. Paul.
Anglers can keep one walleye for part of the upcoming Mille Lacs fishing season
Anglers will be allowed to keep one walleye during parts of the upcoming fishing season on Mille Lacs Lake. The Minnesota DNR has strictly regulated walleye harvest on the popular lake for the past several years to try to boost the fish’s population.
New campground at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park set to open June 1
The opening date has now been set for a long-awaited new state park campground on Minnesota's North Shore. The 46-site Shipwreck Creek campground at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park will open on June 1.
Phenologist John Latimer updates on Minnesota spring, birds and snow
Every week, KAXE radio in the Grand Rapids-Bemidji area airs nature reports by John Latimer. Latimer is a phenologist who studies changes in nature over the seasons. He joined host Cathy Wurzer to talk about some of the latest phenology updates in Minnesota.
Nation's top young cross-country skiers compete this week in Minneapolis
The nation’s top young cross country skiers are competing in Minneapolis this week at the Junior National Cross Country Ski Championships. The last time the event was held at Theodore Wirth Park, in 2011, a young Jessie Diggins nearly swept the competition.