ONEIDA – Tony Kuchma, wetlands program coordinator for the Oneida Nation, was exploring the tribe’s newly restored wetlands area one day about 15 years ago when he saw something that made him react as ...

There is still time to explore our area waters in search of wild rice. The wild rice season continues through Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m daily. The Minnesota DNR lists a number of regulations to ...

ON LEECH LAKE, Minn. – Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so gently the ...

DULUTH — The dwindling number of Minnesotans who take to lakes and rivers to harvest wild rice late each summer will have to wait a little longer to start this year's season, according to Department ...

Two Minnesota men are each facing a handful of misdemeanor charges for allegedly harvesting wild rice illegally in Becker County more than a month ago. The men, ages 54 and 36, are each accused of ...

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Two men have been charged in Becker County District Court with illegally harvesting wild rice on Height of Land Lake in late August. According to court records, Reino Ale Rousu, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low ...