Ice fishing contest will be Feb. 11

Frontenac Sportsman Club will hold its annual ice fishing contest from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday Feb. 11 on Frontenac Pond. Kids fish free from 11 a.m. to noon.

Golden eagles more prominent than last year

One hundred twenty-five golden eagles were observed throughout 16 counties in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa on Saturday Jan. 21.

MinneSNOWta: A fish out of water

Unaware of how incredibly ignorant I was, I just assumed my first ice fishing trip would consist of sitting for an hour on an overturned bucket beside a small hole I had chipped into a frozen lake.

• PHOTO: Fishing rod
• PHOTO: Drilling hole
• PHOTO: Fish
• PHOTO: Minnows
• PHOTO: Lake

Wolf hunting season considered

A wolf hunting and trapping season in Minnesota was one the first issues to be debated in the 2012 Minnesota legislative session.

Minnetonka resident edges Cannon Falls man in turkey stamp contest

A watercolor painting of two tom turkeys by David Chapman of Minnetonka will be featured on Minnesota's 2013 Wild Turkey Stamp.

DNR question of the week

Do Minnesota bats have white-nose syndrome?

River Bend naturalist will offer a snowshoe hike on trails Feb. 4

River Bend naturalist Mary Morris will lead a snowshoe hike.

Ice fishing contest will be on Feb. 11

Frontenac Sportsmen's Club will hold its annual ice fishing contest.

Winterfest adds new events

Some annual Minnesota events experienced a delay this year as winter took a little longer than usual to show up. But the cold, snow and ice has arrived just in time for Lake City’s Winterfest to continue as scheduled.

• PHOTO: Polar plunge
• PHOTO: Smoosh racing

MinneSNOWta: It's all downhill from here

Much like ice skating, I had only ever been downhill skiing once in my life before I tried it last weekend.

• PHOTOS: Snow
• PHOTOS: Skis
• PHOTOS: Lift
• PHOTOS: Young skier
• PHOTOS: Welch

Rotary club offers fishing contest for youth

Red Wing Rotary is calling all young anglers. The club will hold the first Fergie’s Rotary Kids Fishing Contest Saturday Jan. 28 in honor of Jim Ferguson.

DNR soliciting grant applications

Millions of dollars in state and federal funding will be available in 2012 for building trails, acquiring park land, installing fishing piers and otherwise expanding outdoor recreation opportunities in Minnesota, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Division of Parks and Trails.

Aerial observers count bald eagles

BOSCOBEL, Wis. – An annual mid-winter aerial survey of bald eagles along the Lower Wisconsin River corridor found 186 eagles between the Petenwell dam between Adams and Juneau counties and the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers in Crawford County, a distance of 180 miles.

DNR wraps up CWD testing

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources had more than 2,300 deer tested this fall and winter for chronic wasting disease and found no infected animals in southeastern Minnesota.

Frontenac State Park cancels tonight's candlelight event

The candlelight ski and snowshoe event planned for tonight at Frontenac State Park was canceled because of poor snow conditions.