About 50 ice anglers had to be rescued from a northern Minnesota lake on New Year's Day after a pressure ridge they were near split and left them stranded, officials said Tuesday.. The event on ...

Greenwood Lake in Cook County is, on average, the last lake in Minnesota to lose its ice, with a median date of May 9. Still, it has happened as late as May 24 (2014) and as early as April 10 (2012).

Traditional Minnesota Winter Sports Ice Climbing at Sandstone. The Sandstone Ice Festival takes place January 11 – 12. Ice climbing is a popular outdoor activity you can watch in person, or ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has issued an ice safety warning for lakes, emphasizing the dangers posed by winter aeration systems.. With aeration systems operating on 189 ...

How’s ice fishing season looking in Minnesota? 01:43 LAKE MINNETONKA, Minn. — This winter is already shaping up to be colder and icier than last winter and that's a good thing for ice fishing.

Moving north, Mille Lacs Lake on average loses its ice April 25, but it has been as late as May 16 back in 2013, the year most northern Minnesota lakes had their latest-ever ice-out. Big Sandy ...

After an unusually warm winter in Minnesota, Lake Minnetonka was poised to break an over 100-year record for earliest ice out on the lake but fell short. The earliest ice out date on record for ...

It was the second winter in a row with a significant stranding event on Red Lake, an ice fishing tourism destination in a rural part of the state’s north, covering more than 400 square miles.

The ice on Lake Ann was between 8 and 10 inches thick when Chanhassen leaders made the call: the annual February Festival, and its signature ice fishing competition, would be canceled for the ...

Data backs that up. Ice coverage on Minnesota lakes has declined by an average of 10 to 14 days over 50 years, with ice-in dates about nine days later and ice-out dates moving four to five days ...