KELLOGG, Minnesota - Standing on the frozen Mississippi River, his back to a few fishers in the distance, Rob Burdis begins to drill a hole into the ice near his feet. Once the drill stops, the only ...

Lake Pepin, the largest naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River, is a beloved resource and important economic engine for the Wisconsin and Minnesota towns that border it. In the summer, its ...

Lake Pepin, the largest naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River, is a beloved resource. But it’s got a big problem: Massive amounts of sediment are eroding from stream banks, ...

The Minnesota DNR is proposing rules changes to several state waters where harvesting fish is “restricted or otherwise ...

Barges wrap around bottomland forest in Pool 10 of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The 240,000-acre refuge, which includes backwaters off the main river channel, is ...

A Twin Cities weekender/amateur cryptozoologist's guide to exploring autumn on The Great River Road, because sure, you’re here for the leaves—but really you’re here to find Pepie.

RED WING, Minn. — There are many beautiful sights along the Mississippi River, everything from the water to the landscape around it, and soon, there will be another addition. A manmade island is ...

The body of the 56-year-old man who went underwater on the Mississippi River north of Lake City on Saturday has been found. The Goodhue County Sheriff's Office confirmed Sunday that a body had been ...

A wild rice bed grows Sept. 12 on the Upper Mississippi River near Goose Island County Park in the town of Shelby, Wis. After disappearing for decades, wild rice is rebounding on parts of the upper ...

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 ...