NISSWA, Minn. (KVRR) — A woman gets attacked by a bear near Nisswa, Minnesota. It happened early Friday morning. The Minnesota DNR says the woman who was staying a cabin near Gull Lake, was checking on her dog outside after midnight. She says that’s when a bear swiped at her and hit her several places. She was treated at a…
MINNESOTA (KVRR) – Get your rods and reels and life jackets out as Minnesota’s Fishing Opener starts Saturday and people across the state are excited to get back on the water for another season of catching fish. It’s a unique Minnesota tradition and experts were initially worried about ice on many lakes in the state after the cold, wet and…
MINNEAPOLIS — (KVRR/KFGO) — Mother’s Day and the Minnesota fishing opener typically go hand in hand but not this year. The fishing opener is taking place on Saturday, May 14. That is because of a state statue which required the opener to happen precisely two weeks before the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend. But some moms still got a chance…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Aaron Holte sent us these pictures after spotting a bunch of goldfish in a culvert on the Minnesota State Community and Technical College campus in Moorhead. It’s along 28th Avenue South from 8th to 20th streets. By the time our crew arrived, we only spotted one fish. The Minnesota DNR says 275 goldfish considered an invasive…
POLK CO., Minn. (KVRR) — A man suffers non-life threatening injuries in a hunting accident this morning in Polk County. According to the sheriff’s office, it was after 10 a.m. when an officer responded to the area of Highway 2 and 380th Avenue SW for a report of a hunter with a gunshot wound. First responders arrived on scene and…
Willow River/Honor the EarthMINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Enbridge has failed to meet a deadline set by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for cleaning up a site where an aquifer ruptured during construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline. The DNR had given the company until Friday to repair the damage to the artesian aquifer near Clearbrook. Regulators will require compensation…
OGEMA, Minn. – Opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 oil pipeline that’s being replaced across northern Minnesota are taking a novel legal approach to try to halt construction – they are suing on behalf of wild rice. Wild rice is the lead plaintiff in a complaint filed Wednesday in White Earth Nation Tribal Court. The lawsuit, which names the Minnesota…
The days of social distancing are probably drawing to a close soon. Mask mandates are gone. Vaccination rates are going up. But I’ll still share ways to have some fun while spacing out when I come across them. Which brings me to one of the most iconic places in our region: Itasca State Park. I camped there over the…
MENTOR, Minn. — Around twenty agencies helped fight a massive grass fire Monday in Polk County. Between 13,000 and 15,000 acres were consumed by fire from three miles west of Highway 32 to about 1 mile west of Mentor. It was mainly between U.S. Highway 2 and County Road 45. Highways 2 and 32 and County Road 45 were shut…
Let’s take a look at the old Fall Color Finder from the Minnesota DNR. Most of the northern part of the state is still in peak color. That’s the bright red area. But more and more places are creeping into the post-peak territory. That’s the darker red areas. You’re running out of time to get out before the trees lose…
