Agencies to crack down on drinking while boating over Fourth of July weekend
According to officials, roughly half of boating fatalities in Minnesota involve alcohol.
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According to officials, roughly half of boating fatalities in Minnesota involve alcohol.
Authorities in the Twin Cities say a recreational fire got out of control in the west metro, leading to a grass fire Friday afternoon along the eastern edge of Lake Minnetonka.
Despite summer-like temperatures forecasted for the Memorial Day weekend, water temperatures in Minnesota lakes will be significantly colder. Water at Lake Minnetonka registered at 58 degrees on Thursday, according to Hennepin County Water Patrol.
Anglers looking to nab a pike, bass or walleye finally have the chance to once again throughout the state of Minnesota.
We know the itch to put your boat in the water is strong right now.
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the Freshwater Society's board chair declared ice out on the lake at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
It was 7 a.m. Tuesday on Lake Minnetonka when Paul Schroepfer's home surveillance camera captured his desperate attempt to save his dog as a coyote headed straight for her.
A 20-year-old woman is accused of setting fire to the multimillion dollar Lake Minnetonka mansion in which she lived with her mother.
Mushers from around the continent have made their way to the Twin Cities for a much shorter race.
Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a massive fire at a Lake Minnetonka mansion overnight.
This time of year, ice anglers in Minnesota are preparing.
The nurse who discovered the bodies of a prominent Minnesota businessman and his wife in a 2019 murder-suicide case is suing their estate and seeking damages for emotional trauma.
Minnesotans have been seeing the signs of drought on fields and lawns all summer, but now people are even starting to see the impacts on the waterways.
On the shores of Lake Minnetonka, there's something lurking underneath the surface that's driving lake lovers crazy, and keeping others busy.
Officials have identified the man who drowned last week while swimming in Lake Minnetonka.
The victim killed in a jet ski crash on Lake Minnetonka last week has been identified as a 15-year-old boy.
Police officers and the Minnetonka Fire Department responded to the accident in the West arm bay of Lake Minnetonka Saturday evening.
A Department of Natural Resources officer spotted the man under the surface and got him to paramedics, but they were unable to resuscitate him.
"When we have all these people in a very small area, you know, it's kind of like sharing a giant bath tub," MDH's Trisha Robinson said.
Authorities say a child was killed in a jet ski crash early Wednesday evening on Lake Minnetonka.
Just in time for the holiday weekend, there are no longer any COVID-19 distancing or capacity restrictions for the first time in over a year.
The county says the average ice out date is around April 13. The record for the earliest ice out was March 11 in 1878 -- while the latest was recorded on May 5 in 2018.
The recent warm weather has quickly worsened ice conditions across the state.
Warmer temperatures this week will be accompanied with ice melt, which can bring an unsightly and smelly situation to some Minnesota lakes.
This arctic air is quickly transforming Minnesota's lakes.
