by Kim Benjamin | Feb 5, 2019 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
When Nature Gives You Ice, Go Ice Fishing! By Ray Ruiz, Minnesota DNR Ice fishing is one of the coolest things you can do during the winter months in Minnesota. It’s like having a huge boat made of ice, which allows you to access every single part of the lake...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 24, 2019 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
DNR Issues Ice Warning For Aerated Lakes The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has issued its annual ice safety warning for lakes with winter aeration systems. Aeration creates areas of thin ice and open water that are extremely hazardous to people and...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 10, 2019 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Doing It Yourself – How To Make An Ice Luminary By Deborah Locke, Information Officer, Minnesota DNR You ventured out on a candlelight walk in a state park and now want to make your own luminary. Linda Radimecky, Afton State Park naturalist, has created and...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 10, 2019 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Winter Light From Above And Below By Deborah Locke, Information Officer, Minnesota DNR At night not too many decades into the past, Minnesotans lit the farmland and countryside only with the use of lanterns. The image of a soft light when it falls on new snow,...
by Kim Benjamin | Jan 4, 2019 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Season Preview: Hmong College Prep Academy Basketball Teams Gearing Up For The 2018-19 Season By Dave Bonko HCPA Boys’ Basketball This year, 20 student-athletes make up the school’s varsity and junior varsity teams. Though young, the Warriors, under first year coach...
by Kim Benjamin | Dec 11, 2018 | Home Page Slider, Sports/Outdoors
Embrace Winter On A Pair Of Snowshoes By Harland Hiemstra, Minnesota DNR Linda Radimecky holds the key to another world, one that’s accessible only part of the year. Her key has a history that spans thousands of years and two continents. If you’re interested, she’d...