My Minnesota

Sometime during the past few days, local lakes have reached ice out; if we consider ice out to mean 80% or 90% of the lake is open water. La...

On this, the 46th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, we offer for your consideration The National Weather Service’ story ...

It's the noon hour on August 28, 2018 in East Central Minnesota. The skies are cloudy. The local temperature is 60℉. As we type this, we...

Small, shallow ponds and pools in our neighborhood are now covered with skim ice. Any remaining swans, geese and ducks are being concentrate...

This morning there were many thirsty, frustrated young birds trying to figure out why they couldn't drink the clear (frozen) water in th...

cabin-side creek Photo by J. Harrington We're back from the North Woods, where we spent several days in an old (built 1930's...

When I was a child, my mother used to read to me from a book called Paddle to the Sea . It is the story of a canoe journey through the Gre...

Today we received a notice from our township supervisor alerting us to a proposal to expand the current Chisago Lakes Improvement (taxing)...