You know that feeling when someone tells you they’re going to race eelpout on ice and you’re not sure if you heard them correctly? Welcome to Walker, Minnesota, where every February, thousands of ...

Photos taken March 9 show numerous large holes forming on Leech Lake, a sign that unseasonably warm temperatures are rapidly deteriorating ice conditions across the region. The Cass County Sheriff’s ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is keeping in place the three walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake this summer. As the lake’s walleye population continues to rebound, its limit increased ...

From the 1950s until the 1980s, the St. Regis Paper Company treated wood with toxic chemicals near downtown Cass Lake on the Leech Lake Reservation. Those chemicals spread into the soil and ...

CO Andrew Goodman (Perham) reports all area lakes were cleared of ice shelters, with only a few reports of ice litter. Daily ...

The Cass County Sheriff's Office is warning the public of deteriorating and dangerous ice on area lakes. The Sheriff's Office reports that numerous large holes have developed on area lakes, especially ...

CO Andrew Goodman (Perham) reports all area lakes were cleared of ice shelters, with only a few reports of ice litter. Daily ...

Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

Anglers were also contacted. CO Jamus Veit (Bemidji #1) attended training at Camp Ripley and spent most of the rest of the week patrolling snowmobile trails and area lakes. Trail conditions continued ...

Anglers were checked on Lake of the Woods. Fishing has slowed. Access on the lake was challenging during a ground b ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ fishing regulations for 2026 include a new catch-and-release season that makes fishing for largemouth and smallmouth bass open all year on inland waters.