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'They Just Took Me Away'

Adults declared "incapacitated" by the courts can lose everything—their homes, their savings, their freedom—to Florida's sprawling guardianship system.

Reason · Apr 30, 2022

Number of bears — and bear hunters — on the rise in Minnesota

DULUTH, Minn. — Bear hunting in Minnesota is bucking a long-term trend by drawing more participants over the past decade even as other forms of hunting have declined in popularity.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

Trying to make Minnesota boating safer, legislation would extend safety training to adults

Attempting to make the state's waters safer, proposals before legislators would require more Minnesotans to take a boater safety course before they could operate motorized boats and personal watercraft.

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

Bears are up and about. Don't leave any food out for them.

DULUTH, Minn. — Readers might remember the bear we wrote about in December, a big bruin that was eating his (or her?) way across the city's Congdon neighborhood until he finally decided to take his winter nap under Jeanette Anderson's front yard.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2022

Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Trout opening day, coho, browns, steelhead, largemouth, (smelt?)

The opening of Illinois’ trout season leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus there’s coho, brown trout and steelhead on southern Lake Michigan with largemouth bass and crappie bites building inland.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 5, 2022

Pretty in pink: Beach stands out from gray rocks along Superior's North Shore

MINNEAPOLIS — In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, one beach in northern Minnesota stands out. While most of Lake Superior's iconic shoreline is gray rock, this stretch is a surprising pink.

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022

Conscripts sent to fight by pro-Russia Donbas get little training, old rifles, poor supplies - sources

Military conscripts in the Russian-backed Donbas region have been sent into front-line combat against Ukrainian troops with no training, little food and water, and inadequate weapons, six people in the separatist province told Reuters.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2022

Dennis Anderson: DNR biologist says proposed walleye limit cut is a social issue that won’t yield more fish

Paul Radomski is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologist and author of the forthcoming University of Minnesota Press book "Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark.''

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2022

Dennis Anderson: Walleye limit cut to 4 popular among anglers and might help, Brainerd guide says

Nate Blasing is president of the Walleye Alliance, a Brainerd-based group that wants the Legislature to cut Minnesota's walleye limit from six to four. Blasing, 43, is a part-time fishing guide and University of Minnesota Duluth graduate who studied environmental science and communications. In the interview below, he explains why…

Tribune News Service · Mar 23, 2022

Man ‘not sorry’ for cutting up cedar bridge is sent to prison

A man caught cutting chunks of cedar from a logging bridge showed no remorse and now faces the consequences of his destructive actions.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 8, 2022