Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

Cups of cooked wild rice traditionally harvested from the Leech Lake reservation were handed out to Minnesota Senate committee members Tuesday by advocates of the state grain. A proposed bill would ...

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office is urging extreme caution for anyone traveling on frozen lakes.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The invasive algae starry stonewort has been confirmed in northern Minnesota's Leech Lake. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a company removing plants near ...

People gathering wild rice from Minnesota's third-largest lake have stumbled across human skeletal remains that are believed to be several hundred years old. Authorities suspect erosion caused the ...

WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...