Tag: Minnesota
Minnesota reaps windfall from epic comeback of lake trout in Lake Superior
Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that Minnesota Department of Natural Resources biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state. […]
Energy News Roundup: Bad news for rooftop solar customers
Customers who paid Sun Badger Solar for installations that never came won’t get a refund — at least for now. The Wisconsin-based company’s limited remaining assets will instead be used to cover a fraction of its employees’ unpaid wages. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce development expects to receive about $126,000 to go toward employee compensation.
Minnesota lakes have lost 2 weeks of ice cover in 50 years
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 […]
London hoops star Shaedon Sharpe’s NBA season, so far
His season debut was delayed, but Shaedon Sharpe is off to the best start in his three-year National Basketball Association career.
Red Lake Nation and Minnesota DNR disagree on how to combat zebra mussels
Red Lake Nation leaders and state officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources disagree on how to combat zebra mussels at Upper Red Lake. Until 2018, Upper Lake and […]
‘Turkey Confidential,’ other special programs on IPR News this week
IPR News Radio offers tips on how to avoid Thanksgiving disasters, cooking advice and a documentary about wild rice.
Breaking Point: Minnesota’s mining legacy includes massive lake of wastewater
“Nibi Chronicles,” a monthly Great Lakes Now feature, is written by Staci Lola Drouillard. A Grand Portage Ojibwe direct descendant, she lives in Grand Marais on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. Her nonfiction books “Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe” and “Seven Aunts” were published 2019 and 2022, and the children’s story “A Family Tree” in 2024.
Local governments appeal state implementation of renewable siting law
By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio
This coverage is made possible through a partnership with IPR and Grist, a nonprofit independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future.
More than 70 townships and several counties are suing the Michigan Public Service Commission, challenging whether the commission went through the right process to put in place a law giving the state authority to approve those projects.
Friendly snowy owl joins Great Lakes ship crew
Before arriving in Two Harbors, Minnesota, a friendly snowy owl landed on the Great Lakes freighter James R. Barker on Monday, much to the crew’s delight. Read the full story […]
After decades, lake trout restored to sustainable levels in Lake Superior
After the population of Lake Superior’s top predator fish fell by 95%, the lake trout restoration effort has returned it to sustainable levels, researchers say.