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Over the river and through the woods, ice skating on a new northern Minnesota trail
The Northland Arboretum unveiled an ice skating trail in Brainerd-Baxter that will be open all winter long.
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A Minnesota field guide to snow shovels: Which one's best?
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Anderson: Continuing a Minnesota conservation tradition, hunters schedule Duck Summit for March
“What happened to ducks?” is easy to answer. Getting more people to care is harder.
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A guide to getting the whole family skiing in Minnesota
Pizza! French fries! A longtime Minnesota ski instructor shares his favorite venues for shredding in the Upper Midwest.
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Long in the making, new extension of popular Gateway State Trail gets the green light
Called a win for recreation, the new addition will connect Scandia to William O’Brien State Park.
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‘Butcher bird’ strikes again
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Anderson: A trigger once pulled can never be unpulled — a lesson some hunters learn the hard way
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A fire warning for an e-bike battery was issued. It was too late for a St. Paul couple.
Matt Privratsky said his home caught fire when a Rad Power e-bike battery overheated.
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Anderson: Wolves, eagles, rodents — gut piles left behind by successful deer hunters draw big crowds
A U of M study involves camera-toting hunters who document what happens to awful “offal” — or gut piles.AuthoredDennis Anderson
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Minnesotan’s Ice Mile swim illuminates a new level of extreme
The sport is no stunt, as swimmer Mackenzie Koeck and her support crew learned in the yearlong runup of preparation.
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How and where to spot owls in the metro area? Listen up.
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