After peaking at a record high level in mid-June, the water has dropped nearly 2 feet. The National Weather Service predicts the lake will drop by nearly another foot by Friday, July 15. A sandbag ...

An 85-year-old woman died in Wednesday night’s fire at Northernaire Houseboats on Rainy Lake. Authorities said Thursday that firefighters found her body at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was reported ...

KOOCHICHING COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Two women are seriously hurt after hitting a pontoon trailer and rolling into a tree Tuesday night near Rainy Lake. Minnesota State Patrol says the ...

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — A resort owner was airlifted to a hospital after unsuccessfully attempting to rescue her mother, who died in a fire Wednesday night at Northernaire Houseboats on Rainy ...

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KABETOGAMA, Minn. — About 30 feet separates a line of damp sandbags from the edge of swollen Lake Kabetogama at the Sandy Point Lodge in northern Minnesota. The lake crested about 4 inches from the ...

Lake sturgeon populations in both the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers now are setting their sights on the long ...

Rainy Lake resort sells for $3.2M to its longest-tenured employee originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Joe Mershon is an expert on island life. He commutes to work almost daily from his island ...

RAINY LAKE, MINN. – From the Twin Cities, it takes about six hours to reach this sprawling, island-studded lake along the Canadian border. From the moment I got my first clear look, I understood why ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – If the walleyes didn’t cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn’t be because of the weather. Morning temps in ...

Joe Mershon is an expert on island life. He commutes to work almost daily from his island home on Rainy Lake to the remote destination's only full-service, year-round resort, the Thunderbird Lodge, ...