I’ve been re-living my youth the past few weeks at Giants Ridge— and it’s been a blast. It was my 58th birthday last month that motivated me to make the drive to Biwabik. Some guys reach … more

ELY— Since it first opened in 1993, the “Wolves and Humans” display has been an educational mainstay for the International Wolf Center. Yet visitors to the center will soon find a new and … more

LAKE VERMILION- It may have been snowing and blowing outside on Tuesday, but inside the warm confines of several Everett Bay fishing shacks, fifth and sixth-graders from Nett Lake and Tower-Soudan … more

REGIONAL— There’s a silver lining in the most recent cold snap in Minnesota. While most people found the cold temperatures an inconvenience, for some of the state’s invasive insect pests, the … more

It’s the soft trilling that typically gives away one of my favorite wanderers of the bird world. The aptly-named Bohemian Waxwings are highly social birds and they stay in touch as they feed or … more

REGIONAL—Despite recent brutal cold and a deepening snowpack, the winter severity index for whitetail deer in northeastern Minnesota remains pretty close to average for mid-winter, according to DNR … more

ELEPHANT LAKE— For participants in this year’s Arrowhead 135 Ultramarathon, it was a race against Mother Nature. As the lead racers checked in at Melgeorge’s Resort late Monday afternoon, near … more

REGIONAL—Participants in the 15th annual Arrowhead Ultra 135 should be all smiles when the gun sounds Monday morning, sending the roughly 180 participants on their way from International Falls to … more