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    September 6, 2017
    Paige Dougherty of Hermantown suffered bites on her foot Sunday afternoon when a muskie bit her ​as she was dangling her legs off her family's dock at Island Lake north of Duluth. She and others saw the muskie during and after it bit her. Her injuries did not require medical attention. Photo courtesy Kirk and Wendy Haldorson
    'It lurched out of the water': Second bite attack of summer reported at MN lake
    One moment, Paige Dougherty of Hermantown was sitting on her family's Island Lake dock Sunday afternoon, dangling her feet in the water. The...
    newsSeptember 6, 2017 - 8:21am
    May 22, 2017
    A worn yearly Minnesota state park pass clings to a windshield Monday, May 22, 2017 in Minneapolis. Robb Jeffries / Forum News Service
    Outdoor fee hikes approved by Minn. lawmakers
    Minnesotans who like to hunt and fish, drive a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle or visit a state park can expect to pay more next year. The...
    newsMay 22, 2017 - 12:13pm
    May 17, 2017
    Deer caught looking for deals at Minnesota Wal-Mart
    Wadena, Minn. — Shoppers got quite the surprise at the Wadena Wal-Mart when they noticied a deer perusing the aisles. The picture above has...
    newsMay 17, 2017 - 8:12am
    May 13, 2017
    Boats are lined up with fishermen getting ready for action at Everts Resort in Bay City, Wis. Submitted photo
    Veterans of fishing
    With 40-degree temperatures and thick cloud cover, last Saturday was not ideal for a fishing excursion. That didn't stop Fishing with Vets, a...
    sportsMay 13, 2017 - 10:18am
    April 29, 2017
    Wadena-Deer Creek shooting coach Chelsa Golberg talked to some of her clay target gunners at the Knob Hill Range on the first day of the 2017 high school season. Clay target shooting is extremely popular with WDC students. This year's team has close to 50 members. Brian Hansel/Pioneer Journal
    WDC clay target shooters have found strong support
    When the Wadena-Deer Creek clay target shooting program came to life five years ago Steve Techam, then a member of the WDC school board, not...
    sportsApril 29, 2017 - 1:36pm
    April 23, 2017
    Ron Malone, back, and Dick Malone, right, hosted retired Minnesota Vikings head football coach and active sportsman Bud Grant on a turkey hunt April 13 west of Wadena. The 90-year-old Grant shot a 22.5 pound tom turkey with a 10.5 inch beard. Mike Grant, who accompanied his father to the Wadena area, shot a 7.5 inch bearded turkey the same day. Photo provided
    Chalk up a pair for the Grants
    A Twin Cities man showed up with his father in tow last week at Dick Malone's farm 5 miles west of Wadena. They had accepted an invitation from...
    outdoors/huntingApril 23, 2017 - 11:51am
    March 18, 2017
    An adult bald eagle with its white head and tail soars over the Minnesota landscape. Courtesy photo / Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
    'Beloved' eagles arriving back in Minnesota a few weeks early
    Bald eagles are migrating back to Minnesota a few weeks early because of the warm February. People could see the birds in large numbers over...
    news/stateMarch 18, 2017 - 10:18am
    March 12, 2017
    Roxann Eischens and grandson Tyler hold four cubs with the sedated mother black bear on land north of Park Rapids, Minn., in the Two Inlets area. Submitted photo.
    Cub love
    For the second time in as many years Roxann Eischens and her family got an up close and personal look at a black bear and her cubs. Minnesota...
    news/localMarch 12, 2017 - 9:45am
    February 21, 2017
    Local deer numbers pretty impressive
    Where is our local deer population going in 2017? How about straight up? Signs of an early spring for west central Minnesota are everywhere as end of February approaches. That generally signals more food for whitetails, strong reproduction and a good fall of deer hunting. The Minnesota...
    sportsFebruary 21, 2017 - 12:35pm
    January 5, 2017
    Cousins Beckett Fix and Carter Teunissen spent some time at the southwest skating rink in Wadena during Christmas break. They were visiting their grandma, Mary Fix, for the holidays. Anna Erickson/Pioneer Journal
    Smooth Skating: Ice rinks busy over holiday break
    Wadena's ice skating rinks were busy over the Christmas holiday as families enjoyed a few days of warmer weather before below zero temperatures...
    news/localJanuary 5, 2017 - 3:27pm
    December 30, 2016
    Ice forms alongside the edge of Lake Bemidji. (Maggi Stivers | Forum News Service)
    Advice for thin ice
    Due to widely variable weather conditions across much of the state, ice is deteriorating rapidly and creating potentially dangerous conditions...
    newsDecember 30, 2016 - 12:08am
    December 18, 2016
    DNR issues ice warning for aerated lakes
    The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources warns ice anglers, snowmobilers, skiers and other outdoor enthusiasts to use caution when going onto any lake covered or partially covered with ice, especially those that feature aeration systems. "Open water areas created by aeration...
    lifeDecember 18, 2016 - 12:10am
    November 28, 2016
    DNR suspects hunter saw bobcats, not mountain lions
    Turns out they might have been "just" bobcats. What were at first believed to be two cougars, or mountain lions, fighting after one tried to...
    newsNovember 28, 2016 - 12:08am
    November 20, 2016
    A mountain lion perches in a tree near Nashwauk in northern Minnesota Monday, Nov. 8, 2016. The animal chased a deer and got into a brief altercation with another apparent mountain lion, or cougar, while Jordan Bowen, 16, of Rush City, Minn., was deer hunting. Mountain lions are occasionally seen in Minnesota, but wildlife officials have never found evidence of a breeding population. (Photo courtesy Jordan Bowen)
    Cougar pair spotted fighting in northern Minnesota
    Two likely cougars, or mountain lions, have been spotted in northern Minnesota—fighting. The exceedingly rare event—wildlife officials...
    outdoors/environmentNovember 20, 2016 - 12:10am
    November 13, 2016
    Hunter found dead in the woods in central Minn.
    A 41-year-old man was found Monday, Nov. 7, deceased in the woods after suffering an apparent gunshot wound in central Minnesota. Morrison County Sheriff Shawn Larsen reported deputies were called at 5:04 p.m. to a possible hunting accident on property near the intersection of Hawthorne...
    news/regionNovember 13, 2016 - 12:08am
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