5-year-old child drowns in Lake Minnetonka, sheriff says
A 5-year-old child drowned Saturday afternoon in Lake Minnetonka, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
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A 5-year-old child drowned Saturday afternoon in Lake Minnetonka, according to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
A 5-year-old child is dead in a drowning at Lake Minnetonka Regional Park.
Minnesota's busiest lake is wrapping up the busiest weekend of the year, with the clean-up underway Monday on Lake Minnetonka.
Lake Minnetonka was cleaned up on Monday as Minnesota's busiest lake wrapped up its busiest weekend of the year. Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield was on the water for the trash and treasure hunt.
Gary Marquardt spent Memorial Day on Monday traveling from cemetery to cemetery across the western Twin Cities metro, playing "Taps" for veterans and their families.
Adam Del Rosso and Reg Chapman made their way to Bohemian Flats in Minneapolis to check out the Minneapolis Queen— the ticket for a fun adventure on the Mississippi River this summer.
More people than the entire population of Minneapolis, or half a million, were estimated to go fishing in Minnesota this past weekend. WCCO looks at how the tradition stacks up with other outdoor events that keep the state's economy running.
A popular restaurant near Lake Minnetonka is a "complete and total disaster" after an overnight fire, the owner said.
Haskell's Port of Excelsior, a popular restaurant near Minnesota's Lake Minnetonka, is a "complete and total disaster" after an overnight fire, the owner said.
A popular restaurant on Lake Minnetonka caught fire overnight.
Officials have declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka, about 10 days earlier than the median date for the Twin Cities' largest lake.
The dogsled race, which started in downtown Excelsior, Minnesota, and ran 40 miles on Lake Minnetonka, was axed in 2024, 2025 and this year, with organizers citing unsafe conditions each time.
For the past year, an artificial intelligence camera has captured images of people driving distracted on Highway 7 in Minnesota between St. Louis Park and St. Bonifacius. In 2024, there were five fatalities on Highway 7 alone, one of the deadliest years on record, but since the AI technology was added, there have been zero.
Excelsior, Minnesota, is hosting its first Christmas in Excelsior. Brick-and-mortar shops, along with roughly 40 vendors, lined up on Water Street on Saturday.
Chef David Fhima has opened the new, Sicilian-inspired restaurant Vagabondo near Minnesota’s Lake Minnetonka. It’s located on the site of the old Bacon Drug store, where a chance encounter in the 1960s inspired The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger to write “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”
A Minnesota-native turned pro-wakeboarder is on a mission to get more women on the water.
A Minnesota-native turned pro-wakeboarder is on a mission to get more women on the water. She is hosting wake surfing camps across the country to teach women of all ages about this low-impact sport. Marielle Mohs shows us how in this week's Women in Sports.
On Sunday, June 22 on Lake Minnetonka, Greta Weix caught a 53 inch muskie, with the help of her fishing guide Tanner Talbot.
Greta Weix says she's an avid angler, but this was her first time targeting the elusive lake lunker.
Nighttime bowfishing hasn't been allowed in Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota for over 10 years. The local conservation district brought it back temporarily to deal with a growing carp population.
The reopening of the fishing season has many wondering what the best conditions for fishing actually are – not only weather conditions, but even down to the hour of the day.
Star Wars fans celebrate May the 4th with a 5k run near Lake Minnetonka.
The public access launch at Grey's Bay on Lake Minnetonka Sunday had a steady line of people ready to get their boats in the water.
The public access launch at Grey's Bay on Lake Minnetonka Sunday had a steady line of people ready to get their boats in the water.
A former office building on the shore of Lake Minnetonka has been transformed into the first hotel built on the lake in a hundred years.
