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WILLMAR — As the wind chill persisted in the below-zero range, area residents with variety of perspectives came together Monday to consider...

BRANDON, Minn. -- A hunting lodge and events center south of Brandon in west-central Minnesota was ravaged by a fire that started Sunday night. According to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, at 10:50 p.m., a large fire was reported at Long Lake Lodge, which is used for lodging,...

Minnesotans are not hunting and fishing in the numbers they used to, and a report says new approaches are needed to address the decline. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance just released a report with information that bothers anglers...

WILLMAR — Local birdwatchers have sighted snowy owls in Kandiyohi County, which is thousands of miles from the birds’ traditional home range above the Arctic Circle. Shalese Sands, of Willmar, went looking for a snowy owl Saturday afternoon, acting on a tip from Josh Wallestad,...

NEW LONDON –– Most wildlife should be able to weather the recent arctic blast just fine, but some species could have difficulty finding food because freezing rain encased their food source in ice. The latest blast of winter weather is “stressing wildlife earlier than in past...

OLIVIA — Nearly 20 years after a citizens advisory committee urged that a basin-wide board lead efforts to clean up the Minnesota River, the...

(Reuters) - Federal and state wildlife managers of grizzly bears in the Yellowstone National Park area recommended on Wednesday that U.S. Endangered...

To hear the uplifting song of grassland birds come spring, brace for the grumble of chainsaws this winter. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...