Hunting

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. – Drought conditions that brought warm and low levels of water to North Shore streams this summer, and caused die-offs of steelhead, are continuing to have an effect.

Late goose season now on tap By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Bemidji, Minn. – Naturally, there were hunters who had their ‘worst duck season ever.’ Others likely had one of their best. Overall, according to

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Recreational deer feeding has been banned in a 4,000-square-mile area in the northwest corner of the state, in an effort to reduce the possibility of transmission of

By Glen Schmitt Staff Writer Baudette, Minn. – What a difference a week makes. Ice conditions have improved dramatically across the state as single-digit temperatures quickly ushered in another ice fishing season. From south to

No changes for 2006-07 ice fishing By Joe Albert Staff Writer Bemidji, Minn. — Upper Red Lake walleye anglers will be subject to the same special regulations during the ice-fishing season as they were when

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — Deer hunters in the state are on track for another banner year. They may not reach the record, set in 2003, but harvest certainly will be among

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Sauk Rapids, Minn. — Todd Kuzma, a 32-year-old deer hunter from Sauk Rapids, shot the biggest buck of his life Nov. 10. Less than two weeks later, the 8-pointer’s head,

By Joe Albert Staff Writer Duluth, Minn. — Troy Lee Gentry, one-half of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry, pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Duluth to a misdemeanor charge stemming from the

By John Heilprin Associated Press Washington (AP) – The Democrats who will steer environment issues in the new Congress are polar opposites of their Republican predecessors, but changing environmental policy is like turning around an