This year’s early winter conditions lend themselves to a 1930s hardboiled detective type of story.
The first snow came early in Minnesota this year, and I was as surprised as a turtle coming out
State lawmakers passed Senate Bill 2210 a half-century ago, which opened the door for the first modern-day bighorn sheep hunting season in North Dakota.
The 12 once-in-a-lifetime licenses were issued by lottery and those
In many ways, 2025 was a year defined by gridlock and uncertainty in Washington D.C. Partisan divides slowed much of Congress, budgets were tight, and long-term solutions often felt just out of reach.
Yet
As usual, the 2025 Minnesota waterfowl-hunting season started as they all do, with great promise.
Then the truth became known. A summer of extreme rain had wreaked havoc on our prairie home. Typically, we
My father was an avid ice angler long before sonar, portable shelters, and high-powered gas augers.
He used cup augers and even chisel spuds to chop holes in the ice, and his rods consisted
At first glance, it might appear as though anglers who fish Trout Lake near Coleraine have their work cut out for them. The lake is large (nearly 2,000 acres), with quite a bit of midlake
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Minnesota published in the Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Twelve new Minnesota DNR conservation officers have completed their training and now occupy previously vacant field stations across the state.
Minnesota cuffs and collars are field reports from DNR conservation officers. These reports are from the Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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