Spend a few nights on the water in a cozy self-contained houseboat in this picturesque lakeside community, with a 218,000-acre national park at your doorstep.

Growing up, my dad used to call me his “mud and water daughter.” It was a fitting title, since I spent most of the summer ...

Vexilar designer tests prototypes on Bear Island Lake Joe Kane doubled up on work and play during a family vacation to YMCA Camp Northern Lights near Ely.

A rare weather phenomena known as a heat burst occurred in a remote area of northwest Minnesota before sunrise Thursday. At an automated weather station near the town of Fertile, Minn., the ...

The Forest Service will hold an open house in Ely Monday on proposed changes to recreation fees at the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The fees would increase from $8 to $20 per youth per trip ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Fish and Game is asking anglers to “catch, kill and keep” a nonnative fish that threatens the populations of other fish species at a popular reservoir ...

Minnesota’s northern forests provide ideal habitat for an estimated 12,000-15,000 black bears, concentrated primarily in the northeastern third of the state. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...

This canoe in the early days of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) was a staple of the Ely woodsmen motoring into the BWCA on fishing trips into Lac la Croix, Crooked, Basswood and Insula lakes. As ...

Vance Boelter, the 57-year-old man charged in connection to the Minnesota lawmaker shootings, made his second federal court appearance on Friday, telling the court he hasn't slept in 12 to 14 days.