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Great Lakes states are making slow progress toward implementing a compact to protect the region's waters but have fallen short on conservation measures that are essential for the long-term health of the nation's largest freshwater system, environmental groups said Tuesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard was rescuing one kayaker from chilly Lake Superior when they learned another kayaker also needed help.
Authorities have identified the man who died after his kayak capsized in Lake Superior while on a trip with his brother and two college friends.
A kayaking trip on Lake Superior ends tragically for some college friends.
Though the Duluth/Two Harbors area can be a little intimidating in the freezing winter months, no matter what time of year one attraction of the area keeps people coming back: Lake Superior.
Duluth firefighters have rescued a man clinging to an overturned kayak in Lake Superior.
When Tangee Harrison lost her job, she lost her identity and her peace of mind, too. One day, she woke up and decided to make a change.
The Bayfield County sheriff's office says no alcohol or drugs were found in the blood of a 16-year-old boy who says he fatally struck a cross-country skier on Lake Superior in February.
Some state senators want to allow a northeastern Minnesota ski resort to tap a nearby river to make snow, overruling regulations regarding use of the waterway. But the bill to allow Lutsen Mountains resort to pump water from the Poplar River has its opposition.
A half-hour's cruise out of Duluth, not far off the McQuade Road boat landing, Jay Austin gave the signal to let loose his $75,000 baby.
The two people who died in separate one-car accidents near the North Shore Friday morning have been identified.
Two fatal accidents occurred near the North Shore Friday morning, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
A Coast Guard cutter has started breaking the ice in the Twin Ports harbor in preparation for the 2011 shipping season.
Four fishermen were rescued when their ATVs broke through thin ice in the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior Saturday morning, according to the La Pointe Volunteer Fire Department.
Ryan Anderson of the northern Minnesota town of Ray has won the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in a neck-and-neck finish.
Two Wisconsin men are grateful to be alive after surviving two terrifying hours on ice floes in Lake Superior as heavy waves crashed around them.
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is getting bigger. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says it's adding a 19-acre parcel of land within the park.
On the gently curving beach at Knife River, just north of Duluth, a cluster of wave-lapped boulders is a good place to find Didymosphenia geminata, a sometimes-slippery single-celled alga.
It is one of the oldest resorts in Minnesota and later this month, Lutsen Resort will be celebrating its 125th anniversary.
A trip to the North Shore wouldn't be complete without a lakeside meal.
