Outdoors

Thirty-five people stranded on an ice chunk floating on Upper Red Lake were rescued Sunday night by Beltrami County deputies and several other emergency responders.During the Dec.

Voyageurs National Park’s Rainy Lake Visitor Center will be reopen Jan.

District 5 - Eveleth areaMondayCO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls #1) reports muzzleloader season came to a quite close with a few people out trying to fill their tags.

When Animal Humane Society, or AHS, agents get calls from the public about animal cruelty, you may be surprised why most people call them.

The Keep It Clean campaign addresses the growing problem of garbage and waste left on the ice by anglers, campers and recreationists through education, legislation and enforcement.The Keep It Clean bill was signed into law in May 2023, making it illegal to place garbage and waste on or under the ice on Minnesota’s lakes and rivers.Lake of the Woods started the Keep It Clean campaign.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources State Forest Nursery is looking for people to collect black spruce cones this winter in northern Minnesota.

District 5 - Eveleth areaMondayCO Darrin Kittelson (International Falls #1) reports finishing field training with COC Jahn.

STAFF REPORTThe calendar and a glance outside in Borderland may indicate the winter recreation seasons are underway, but snowmobile and ski trails are lacking snow, and ice conditions are area lakes are forming slowly.The International Voyageurs Snowmobile Club notes in social media “that just because trails open on Dec.

MINNESOTA STARWATCH

District 5 - Eveleth areaMondayCO Darrin Kittelson (Int’l Falls #1) continues step 4 of field training COC Jahn.