Category Archives: Outdoor News

(KNSI) - Hunters in areas with Chronic Wasting Disease are required to have the deer tested for the illness during the opening weekends of firearms season. The opening weekend for season A is November...

(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says 2021 has been a deadly year for boaters. Lisa Dugan is the DNR's Recreation Safety Outreach Coordinator. She tells KNSI 17 people have died ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Enbridge has failed to meet a deadline set by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for cleaning up a site where an aquifer ruptured during construction of the Line 3 oil pi...

BEAVER BAY, Minn. (AP) - A Lake Superior lighthouse plans to welcome visitors back for an annual memorial honoring the sailors who died when the Edmund Fitzgerald sank. Every Nov. 10, the day the ship...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota officials announced Monday that they've imposed an emergency order blocking importation and movement of deer into and within the state to slow the spread of chronic wa...

(KNSI) - Another wildfire has popped up in a popular tourist destination. This time it's in Itasca State Park. The fire was discovered Wednesday afternoon, according to the Minnesota Department of Nat...

ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) - The last remaining closure order related to wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has now been lifted, according to Superior National Forest officials. A hot an...

(KNSI) - The Stearns County Parks Department is launching a contest for the best park to view fall colors. The contest is now open, and one voter can win an annual parking pass for Quarry Park. Offici...

(KNSI) - Minnesota's waterfowl season gets underway this weekend. Duck and goose hunters can start shooting a half-hour before sunrise on Saturday. Hunters need to be aware of some new regulations in ...

(KNSI) - Wednesday marks the first day of fall as the autumnal equinox officially occurs at 2:20 p.m. Central time. With the hot, dry summer Minnesota saw, punctuated by one of the wettest Augusts on ...