At MPR News, Dan Kraker reports, “The names of many lakes, rivers and cities across northern Minnesota have roots in the Ojibwe language — Bemidji, for example, is derived from the word bemijigamaag ...

A portion of a new map showing Ojibwe place names and meanings on the eastern end of Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. The final map is a collaboration of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, the Ely ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota's more than 10,000 lakes are part of many Minnesotans' identities — but as endearing as the lakes are, there's something strange about them too. There's inconsistency in lake ...

The Molly Stark and Annie Battle Lakes Loop at Glendalough State Park is even prettier in the snow. In fact, it's one of the ...

Lakes are among the most fascinating geographical features, defined as sizable bodies of standing or slowly moving water contained within inland basins. While the boundaries between lakes, ponds and ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Winter is over at two popular Minnesota lakes at, or near, the border with South Dakota. Terri Dinesen, the park ranger at Laq qui Parle State Park near Milan and Big Stone ...

Walking along Minnesota’s lakes this time of year can startle anyone with sounds straight out of a “Star Wars” shootout. Freezing waterways can groan and hum, whine like cables ready to snap, creak ...

Two boats on Fish Lake north of Duluth on the 2021 Minnesota fishing opener. Most lakes in northern Minnesota were ice-free at midweek, except for larger-deeper lakes in northern St. Louis, Lake and ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- You may have noticed a lot of lakes are looking green these days rather than blue. That's because there's been an overgrowth of algae on many Minnesota lakes. Pam Anderson with ...

Dave Setterholm holds a plankton net on Farm Lake on July 25 near Ely, Minn., while demonstrating some of the tests he regularly performs on the lake. Setterholm is water monitoring director for the ...