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    August 13, 2017
    A group of pheasant hunters pauses to water their dogs during a western Minnesota pheasant hunt. Minnesota hunter numbers were down last year compared to 2015. (Forum News Service file photo)
    Most Minnesota small-game hunter numbers fall again
    DULUTH — The number of Minnesota small-game hunters dropped last fall compared to 2015, continuing a steady trend, the Minnesota Department...
    communityAugust 13, 2017 - 6:00am
    August 9, 2017
    Tara and Steve Johnk's yard located at 4804 2nd Street East in West Fargo has been chosen as the Yard of the month for August by the Three Rivers Garden Club.
    Yard of the Month
    Tara and Steve Johnk's yard located at 4804 2nd Street East in West Fargo has been chosen as the Yard of the month for August by the Three Rivers...
    NewsAugust 9, 2017 - 5:23am
    August 7, 2017
    A channel catfish from the Buffalo River in Buffalo River State Park.
    McFeely: When it comes to fishing the Buffalo River, it's big fish in small spaces
    Depth is relative in bodies of water. “Deep” in one of the popular Minnesota lakes might mean 60 feet, 80 feet or deeper. In the Red River,...
    opinionAugust 7, 2017 - 2:29pm
    August 6, 2017
    Birding: The American coot is no 'odd duck'
    American coots hang out with ducks, and so it is tempting to describe the coot as an odd duck. But the coot is not a duck at all but a member...
    sportsAugust 6, 2017 - 4:01pm
    DNR expands Minn. deer season opportunities
    Deer hunters across most of northwest Minnesota will have more opportunities this fall, the Department of Natural Resources said this week in...
    sportsAugust 6, 2017 - 11:10am
    August 4, 2017
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    Pup tent: On the trail with the yellow dog
    Dusk is coming on. The camp dishes are long since done. I've taken one last swim off the point to cool down. We know what comes next: The mosquito...
    sportsAugust 4, 2017 - 9:02am
    August 2, 2017
    The Black Hills of South Dakota rise starkly above the surrounding plains and represent a meeting place for eastern and western bird species. By Keith Corliss
    Flightlines AUDIO: Black Hills is unique for many reasons
    That the Black Hills of South Dakota is a unique place is not lost on people around here. Most everyone I know has made the trek at one time...
    NewsAugust 2, 2017 - 6:19am
    July 30, 2017
    Always in Season: Egret falls between graceful and ungainly
    Birds and landscapes are bound together. Landscape is habitat, and in landscapes, birds are punctuation marks. The bird that rose from the great...
    sportsJuly 30, 2017 - 5:36pm
    A fast-moving thunderstorm forced the pilots of two floatplanes to land and return to the dock shortly after 6 a.m. Monday, July 17 at Shining Falls Lodge in eastern Manitoba. The planes were back in the air less than an hour later. Brad Dokken / Forum News Service
    Dokken: Another floatplane adventure
    Floatplanes are the workhorses of the North, providing convenient transportation to remote fishing spots and supplies to areas not accessible...
    sportsJuly 30, 2017 - 3:32pm
    Eric Tofte of Grand Marais moves along the shore of a North Shore stream as he plays a brook trout on a July morning. Tofte uses a Tenkara fly rod with no reel, which he finds perfectly suited for fishing small northern Minnesota streams. Sam Cook / Forum News Service
    Grand Marais angler uses unconventional rods to fish North Shore streams
    ON THE NORTH SHORE — The place where Eric Tofte is fishing is improbably beautiful. He's a half-mile or so up a North Shore stream, well...
    sportsJuly 30, 2017 - 12:26pm
    Dorothy Molter at her cabin in the Boundary Waters at age 77, in 1984. Ely-based musician Barb Cary Hall has spent the past six years writing a musical about Molter, who spent more than 50 years living alone and tending to tourists on Knife Lake. (Sam Cook / Forum News Service)
    Into the woods: An Ely musician has turned ‘Root Beer Lady’ Dorothy Molter’s story into a musical
    ELY, Minn. — A long-ish time ago, on an island in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, there lived a nurse who made root beer for...
    NewsJuly 30, 2017 - 6:00am
    July 28, 2017
    Riders in the 2,745-mile Tour Divide backcountry bicycle race from Alberta to New Mexico follow a gravel path in the mountains near Banff, Alberta. Duluth's Jeremy Kershaw, who took this photo, was one of seven Duluth riders who took part in the race and one of five who finished. (Jeremy Kershaw photo)
    Back from the high country: Cyclists describe trials of 2,745-mile race
    DULUTH — They are home now, their saddle sores healed, their energy reserves rebuilding. They are eating meals of actual food again. For...
    NewsJuly 28, 2017 - 6:00am
    July 27, 2017
    The bellies of at least two of the catfish left on shore to rot near the Eagle Point boat landing on the Red Lake River in East Grand Forks appear to have been slit. A park worker found and photographed the rotting fish Wednesday. Catherine Johnson, Red River State Recreation Area / Special to Forum News Service
    Incidents of catfish left to rot continue in Grand Forks area
    EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn.—More incidents of catfish being caught to left to rot on shore have been reported at a state park here. Catherine...
    sportsJuly 27, 2017 - 5:51pm
    July 23, 2017
    Shawn Hennings, Hillsboro, N.D.
    Brad Dokken: North Dakota angler to fish international tournament in Russia
    Shawn Hennings is in for quite an adventure. Hennings, 46, of Hillsboro, N.D., is a member of the four-man USA Predator Fishing Team competing...
    sportsJuly 23, 2017 - 2:18pm
    Always in Season: Goldfinch season arrives in the valley
    Goldfinch season is either coming or going, depending on your point of view. From the goldfinch's point of view, it's coming on, but from the...
    sportsJuly 23, 2017 - 1:35pm
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