Minnesota

By Joe AlbertStaff Writer St. Paul – Former state Sen. Dallas Sams, who in recent years championed dedicated funding proposals and other outdoors measures, died Monday at St. Joseph’s Hospital in St. Paul. He was

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Denny McNamara was pheasant hunting around Christmas last year, just he and his dog, and within an hour of starting, he had his daily limit of two

By Tim Spielman Associate Editor St. Paul – The DNR began hosting a series of meetings across the state this week where department officials will have opportunities to discuss with hunters and trappers a slew

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Arguing the DNR decided in an arbitrary manner to deny a petition to start a process to make alternative shoreland standards mandatory, the Minnesota Center for Environmental

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul – Dedicated funding’s push through the Legislature took another step forward Monday, when it passed out of its second Senate committee. Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller’s bill, SF

DNR Reports St. Paul — Anglers who fish Lake Mille Lacs this year again will have ample opportunity to harvest walleyes under a slot limit unchanged since 2004, according to the Minnesota DNR. The season

By Joe Albert Staff Writer St. Paul — Earlier this week, Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed off on the Great Lakes Compact, a bill designed to afford the lakes added protection. The previous night, the House