Spotify Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and ...

State officials are inviting Minnesotans to take part in a 125-mile challenge, a state park “Total Takeover,” picnics, summer “samplers” and other special events throughout the coming year as part ...

Many miles of new hiking and biking trails and the acquisition of nearly 300 acres to expand regional parks across the state are among the projects to be funded with the $7.49 million in recently ...

By The took home 14 awards Thursday in the Better Newspaper Contest banquet as part of the 158th annual Minnesota Newspaper Association Convention in Brooklyn Park. Among the awards were first place ...

If you're looking for a laid back winter getaway, look no further than Taylors Falls; it's one of the best winter towns in ...

established Itasca State Park as Minnesota’s first state park. For perspective, the first national park in the United States, Yellowstone, was established just 19 years earlier. A half-century ...

Many reading my letter today had fathers, grandfathers, even great grandfathers who worked in Civilian Conservation Corps ...

Steven Robert Pavich, 63, of Ceylon, Minnesota ... Itasca County Attorney’s Office noted it will seek $500 in restitution for each of the unlawfully harvested animals, as authorized by state ...

Crow Wing, Northern Aitkin, South Aitkin, Koochiching, North Cass, North Itasca, South Cass ... bone-chilling subzero detail from the Minnesota State Climatology Office: Since 1873, the ...

Recently I saw one of those posts that had to deal with an odd sight in the Minnesota woods, not far from the headwaters ... and it sits not far from Itasca State Park. The area seems to have been ...

At nearly 3,000 square miles, Itasca County is roughly the size of Yellowstone National Park, so it’s no small ... Rural areas in Minnesota receive less than 8% of philanthropic funding in the state ...