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Conservation districts and counties across the state will instruct volunteers on how to identify invasive species like starry stonewort in area lakes on Aug. 8, 2026. -
Comments on the draft plan for the popular fishing lake will be accepted through Aug. 20, 2026. -
Lake of the Woods County sheriff's deputies responded to the park July 31, 2026, on report of an abandoned vehicle. The registered owner's body was found three hours later. -
The University of Minnesota’s Natural Resources Research Institute, or NRRI, launched a new simulator to test innovations in iron refining July 27, 2026, in Coleraine. -
This is an audio version of the second part of KAXE's "Overrepresented, undercounted" series that explores the disproportionate rates of Indigenous incarceration in our region. -
And: U of M's Natural Resources Research Institute launches new simulator to test innovations in iron refining.
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NorthMet, formerly owned by PolyMet and now controlled by NewRange Copper Nickel, is one of three proposed copper-nickel mines in Minnesota. A reworked project plan is now before the DNR. -
Aircraft play an essential role in fighting wildfires. Seaplanes from the Ely seaplane base drop water, fire retardant and deliver firefighters — and canoes — to the blazes. -
Tax increment financing is meant to encourage economic development. Per Minnesota regulations, 20% of units in a TIF rental property must be reserved for low-income housing. -
Warm water temperatures across the state go along with an increasing number of fish mortality events, where a large number of fish die at once.
