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    September 27, 2016
    A car sits in Knife River on the North Shore after a Friday night crash. (Photo courtesy of Paul von Goertz)
    Car plunges into northern Minnesota river
    A Duluth man was injured on Friday when the car he was driving veered off of Scenic Highway 61 and landed in the Knife River. Lake County Sheriff...
    News/stateSeptember 27, 2016 - 9:43am
    June 22, 2016
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    Video captures dramatic efforts to save man in river from a 20-foot drop
    HUDSON, Wis. – A video provides a close look at a dramatic rescue made last week to save a young man stranded on rushing Willow River waters....
    News/nationJune 22, 2016 - 4:36pm
    September 29, 2015
    Fall paddling on the Mississippi
    Canoers paddle down the Mississippi River in Brainerd recently. (STEVE KOHNS | FORUM NEWS SERVICE)
    News/stateSeptember 29, 2015 - 11:23pm
    April 27, 2014
    The Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center will have its Voyageur Canoe on the Minnesota River at Prien’s Landing in Montevideo at 1 p.m. as part of the River History Weekend events. Tribune file photo
    CURE hosting river history weekend of events
    GRANITE FALLS — A conversation with emerging leaders from the millennial generation, a visit by author and poet Gwen Westerman, canoeing, bluebird...
    News/regionApril 27, 2014 - 11:33pm
    February 14, 2014
    Man killed in snowmobile crash on Minnesota River near Montevideo
    MONTEVIDEO — A 41-year-old man was killed Thursday evening in a snowmobile crash on the Minnesota River between Montevideo and Wegdahl. According to a news release from Chippewa County Sheriff Stacy Tufto, the crash was reported around 8:45 p.m. The man was traveling northwest...
    News/regionFebruary 14, 2014 - 10:54am
    August 21, 2013
    Lost canoeist rescued last night in Meeker County
    LITCHFIELD – A canoeist was rescued last night in Meeker County after his canoe tipped over and he walked through thick woods and a cornfield. Robert Tiwari, 45, of New Prague, was not injured in the ordeal. Tiwari told authorities that he had rented a canoe from The Riverside...
    News/regionAugust 21, 2013 - 8:39am
    July 3, 2013
    Investigation finds woman’s son was driving truck that went into river west of Wahpeton, N.D.
    WAHPETON, N.D. – Authorities here found the driver of a pickup that went into the Wild Rice River about 3 miles west of Wahpeton on Monday was the truck owner’s teen son. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office initially believed the owner of the truck, 36-year-old Grace Birchem-Mangalaw,...
    News/nationJuly 3, 2013 - 9:19am
    June 18, 2013
    Tyler Lenning puts his stuff out to dry in the sun Tuesday along the Minnesota River in Granite Falls. Storms drenched many of the campers during the night. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Tradition still rollin' on the river
    GRANITE FALLS -- Thunderstorms swooped down in the middle of the night on 18 unsuspecting campers, with winds strong enough to pull some tents...
    News/regionJune 18, 2013 - 11:42pm
    November 16, 2012
    Brad Cobb, right, of the Green Corridor Initiative, and Rebecca Wodder lead the way Thursday on the pedestrian bridge in Granite Falls. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Senior adviser to Secretary of Interior tours Minnesota River
    GRANITE FALLS -- More than two decades of work to clean up the Minnesota River has brought together a diverse partnership of stakeholders in...
    News/regionNovember 16, 2012 - 12:00am
    November 14, 2012
    Editorial: A muddy river has started to recover
    opinion/editorialsNovember 14, 2012 - 11:02am
    November 13, 2012
    Anglers offer evidence that the Minnesota River is improving, including reports of catching sturgeon and other fish sensitive to water quality. Tribune file photo
    MPCA says results are being seen on troubled Minnesota River
    WILLMAR -- Efforts to reduce phosphorus reaching the Minnesota River are producing results, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Staff...
    Life/outdoorsNovember 13, 2012 - 12:00am
    October 15, 2012
    Carl Ohliger of Granite Falls was among residents voicing objections to plans by Xcel Energy to remove the Minnesota Falls dam during a tour of the site Thursday sponsored by Clean Up the River Environment. "The state has more money than the dam is worth. What noise level (will it take) to stop this?'' he asked. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny
    Xcel expects 107-year-old Minnesota Falls dam to be removed by end of year
    GRANITE FALLS -- Xcel Energy remains on track to remove the 107-year-old Minnesota Falls dam yet this year. A contractor is lined up for the...
    News/regionOctober 15, 2012 - 12:00am
    September 18, 2012
    Minnesota River Board agrees to work on problem of finding viewers for drainage projects
    WILLMAR -- Never before have so many projects come before the ditch authorities in Minnesota's agricultural counties seeking to improve drainage systems, redetermine benefits, add new laterals or make other expansions. And never before has the process taken so long to accomplish,...
    News/localSeptember 18, 2012 - 12:00am
    Minnesota River Board director Shannon Fisher
    Minnesota River Board seeking outside review to help decide its future
    WILLMAR -- An independent task force will be charged with recommending whether or not there is a future for the Minnesota River Board. Members...
    News/regionSeptember 18, 2012 - 12:00am
    August 11, 2012
    During her visit Sept. 20, 2008, Hazel Redbird of Eagle Butte, S.D., views the inscription on the monument erected at the state memorial to the Wood Lake Battlefield. Tribune file photo
    Taking a sesquicentennial tour of U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862
    There is heightened interest as Minnesota marks the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862. Hundreds of monuments and markers...
    Life/extraAugust 11, 2012 - 12:00am
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