As part of the public input process, the DNR will host an open house on Tuesday, March 24, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Jacob V.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to comment on two draft management plan amendments for Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota. The comment period is open ...

On the north end of frozen Lake Itasca, just a couple hundred yards from the Mississippi River headwaters, the nonprofit Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers revealed how old-time ice harvests were done ...

Suggested amendments include additional overnight lodging opportunities, redeveloping public water accesses and more.

Harvesters also used an old gasoline-powered saw to carve a grid partially through the ice during the demo. This ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, MINN. - Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The operators of a longtime, popular attraction at Itasca State Park dry-docked their business this summer, claiming the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources changed rules to ...

Rick Baine, Ryan Webb and Matt Roy stop in Cape Girardeau while participating in the Warrior Paddle Expedition Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. The trio began at the source of the Mississippi River, Lake ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 11—GRAND RAPIDS — Itasca Waters will continue its online Practical Water Wisdom Series at noon on Thursday, Feb. 19. During ...

(Sign up for the Minnesota Star Tribune’s Lakes Country newsletter, covering Brainerd, Bemidji and beyond.) Minnesota’s first and oldest state park is improving amenities and water quality at the Miss ...