Category Archives: Outdoor News
Minnesota DNR Offers Junior Ranger Program
(KNSI) - Kids can earn a Junior Ranger patch by completing tasks in a new activity book available for the first time Friday. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently launched the program...
Jul 14, 2023
Storm System Drops Large Hail Across Central Minnesota Thursday Evening
(KNSI) - Wild weather Thursday evening left behind shredded gardens and shattered glass as a storm system barreled through central Minnesota. Weatherology meteorologist Ray Miller says his office rece...
Jul 14, 2023 KNSI News
Minnesota To Ban Lead Shot in Scientific and Natural Areas, State Parks
(KNSI) - Hunters in a handful of spots in central Minnesota will need to change their ammo due to a new state statute. Minnesota has taken another step towards eliminating lead ammunition by banning i...
Jul 13, 2023 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Air Quality Alert Issued for Friday, Saturday Across Minnesota
(KNSI) - Canadian wildfires are again prompting an alert about the air quality in virtually all of Minnesota, including the St. Cloud area. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is raising its color ...
Jul 13, 2023 Jennifer Lewerenz/KNSI News
Owatonna Picked To Host 2023 MN Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener
(KNSI) - Feathers will fly around Owatonna when the city hosts the 2023 Minnesota Governor's Pheasant Hunting Opener. The community was picked to hold the 11th annual event on October 13th and 14th. T...
Jul 12, 2023 Explore Minnesota
Two Kids Hurt After Tube Crashes Into Dock Near St. Joseph
(KNSI) - A child was seriously hurt and another injured after the tube they were being pulled on crashed into a dock on an area lake. First responders were called to Watab Lake in St. Wendel Township ...
Jul 10, 2023 Jake Judd/KNSI News
CentraCare Golf Scramble in Sauk Centre Raises $87K
(KNSI) - A golf outing raised $87,375 for medical providers in western Stearns County. Organizers say more than 200 golfers participated in the CentraCare Foundation Golf Scramble at Greystone Golf Cl...
Jul 10, 2023 CentraCare Foundation Facebook
Solar storm on Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states
A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere....
Jul 10, 2023 AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Minnesota Wildland Firefighters Deploy to Canada
(KNSI) - Minnesota is sending firefighters to the Great White North to help bring a rash of fires across the provinces of Manitoba and Ontario under control. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ...
Jul 07, 2023 This Aug. 15, 2021, photo provided by U.S. Forest Service-Superior National Forest shows a rapidly growing wildfire in northeastern Minnesota that has prompted some evacuations, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. The fire was spotted around 3 p.m. Sunday near Greenwood Lake, about 15 miles southwest of Isabella, in the Superior National Forest. (Nick Petrack/Forest Service-Superior National Forest via AP)
Applications Open for Archery Deer Hunt at Camp Ripley
(KNSI) - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is taking applications for the annual fall archery hunt at Camp Ripley. The DNR says 2,500 permits are available. There is a bag limit of two, bu...
Jul 06, 2023 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources