Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frank Dosdall of Bay City, Wisconsin, walks along a shrinking Lake Pepin in 2022. The lake on the Mississippi River has been ...

Nestled between Minnesota and Wisconsin, Lake Pepin's murky depths hide Pepie, a legendary serpent drawing treasure hunters and water skiers alike to its scenic shores.

Driver rescued from vehicle submerged in Minnesota's Lake Pepin originally appeared on Bring Me The News. A driver was rescued from a vehicle that became submerged in Lake Pepin on Thursday evening.

Old Frontenac is a place where time seems to stand still. Few paved roads, no curbs or streetlights and just a handful of graceful, late-1800s historic homes along Lake Pepin meant as summer retreats ...

The capsizing of the steamer Sea Wing on Lake Pepin in 1890 made it one of the nation's worst maritime disasters. A historical photo of the Sea Wing on display at the Goodhue County Historical Society ...

Agricultural runoff has become cleaner, with less phosphorus, and there have been public projects to help restore habitat and reduce erosion. But sediment deposits are literally a growing challenge.

Bill Chelmowski, a survey technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, uses an ice auger to measure the ice at Lake Pepin in February 2021.

Brandon Olson, left, a survey technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Bill Chelmowski, a boat operator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, record a measurement during a survey of Lake ...

MAIDEN ROCK, Wis. — The Goodhue County Sheriff's Office is reminding the public that ice conditions are "extremely dangerous" after nine people got stuck on a floating sheet of ice in the middle of ...

A major figure in efforts to clean Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River of sediment is leaving the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, frustrated with the state's process for the cleanup.

Lake Pepin is the largest naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River. Silt, soil and clay from the landscape upstream have been filling it in at an alarming rate. The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance ...