Popular boat launch in New Duluth to close for renovations
The boat launch at Boy Scout Landing on the St. Louis River in New Duluth will be closed for about two months this summer for improvements, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
RELATED CONTENTPopular Duluth boat launch to close for much of summer
The popular boat launch at Boy Scout Landing on the St. Louis River in New Duluth will be closed for about two months this summer for improvements, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
RELATED CONTENTSt. Louis River muskies appear to weather the flood
After a tough summer last year, muskie anglers on the St. Louis River aren’t sure how fishing will be this summer.
RELATED CONTENTField reports: Agency culls cormorants on Lake Vermilion
A United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services crew killed 70 cormorants on Lake Vermilion on May 29 as part of an effort to reduce the cormorant population on the lake, said Duane Williams, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources large-lake specialist at Tower. The day before, DNR officials had counted 349 cormorant nests on Potato Island in the eastern basin of the lake. That total was down from 434 nests last year.
Trail running takes off in trail-abundant Duluth
It isn’t uncommon to see runners striding along Duluth’s streets, many of them gearing up for Grandma’s Marathon. But there’s another contingent of runners you rarely see.
RELATED CONTENTWith supply limited, Northland gun owners catch ammo angst
All Billy Freeberg wants to do is teach his boys to shoot, but like a lot of gun owners, he can’t get all the .22-caliber ammunition he wants.
RELATED CONTENTHermantown woman solves a deer dilemma
Clearly, the whitetail doe in Janet Murphy’s yard had a problem. It saw the world through a large, plastic jar.
RELATED CONTENTHermantown woman solves problem for deer with head stuck in jar
Clearly, the whitetail doe in Janet Murphy’s Hermantown yard had a problem. It was looking at the world through a large plastic jar.
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Phone free is the way to be
SAM COOK: I miss Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris and Van Morrison. I miss the sound of a mallard quacking, telling me I’m getting a call from a friend. Yep. I’m operating untethered this week.
RELATED CONTENTUrgency to get outdoors grows as we age
Sam Cook column: Up along a river on the North Shore, the steelhead angler said something that seemed to transcend the simple act of fishing. He said he didn’t know how much longer he’d be able to fish like this. He is at that place where most of us will get one day.
RELATED CONTENTSam Cook: Moms made for outdoors
Maybe Minnesota’s moms are behind this late ice-out scenario. Maybe they just got a little weary of sharing their Mother’s Day weekend with the opening weekend of Minnesota’s fishing season.
RELATED CONTENTIt’s time to get down and dirty
SAM COOK: No matter what manner of physical activity you pursue this time of year, you’re looking for trouble.
RELATED CONTENTContrite call sends good vibe
Sam Cook column: It was hard to tell where this call was going. “I unfortunately met you on the Lakewalk yesterday,” a woman’s voice was saying.
RELATED CONTENTWe choose to put up with more
SAM COOK: One morning last weekend, I rose early and took my book to the patio. No breeze stirred. The water in the pool was glass. Nobody else was up.
RELATED CONTENTSam Cook column: It’s April. What did you expect?
My wife, Phyllis, was sitting at the computer the other night when she began laughing. A friend of hers, according to a Facebook post, said her young son had looked out the window and started singing, “Jingle Bells.”
RELATED CONTENTSouthern loon’s call moves the mind north
SAM COOK: I stepped out of my tent last Friday morning and heard the unmistakable cry of a loon. But the bird wasn’t anywhere near Minnesota.
RELATED CONTENTSam Cook: Sticker surprise causes short-lived embarrassment
Most of us try to maintain a decent image of ourselves. Just a sense of, “I’m OK. I’m getting by. I’m doing all right today.” I mean, don’t we?
RELATED CONTENTSatisfied with signs of smoke
Sam Cook column: Like a lot of other non-Catholics, I suppose, I was fascinated once again this week by the smoke signals from the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke, no new pope yet. White smoke, new pope.
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