As part of the public input process, the DNR will host an open house on Tuesday, March 24, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Jacob V.

ITASCA STATE PARK, MINN. - Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 30—PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The mighty Mississippi River emerges from Lake Itasca, flowing gently over a rocky pathway. Tradition ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to comment on two draft management plan amendments for Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota. The comment period is open ...

On the north end of frozen Lake Itasca, just a couple hundred yards from the Mississippi River headwaters, the nonprofit Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers revealed how old-time ice harvests were done ...

Suggested amendments include additional overnight lodging opportunities, redeveloping public water accesses and more.

Rick Baine, Ryan Webb and Matt Roy stop in Cape Girardeau while participating in the Warrior Paddle Expedition Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. The trio began at the source of the Mississippi River, Lake ...

Harvesters also used an old gasoline-powered saw to carve a grid partially through the ice during the demo. This ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The operators of a longtime, popular attraction at Itasca State Park dry-docked their business this summer, claiming the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources changed rules to ...

While some hydrologists argue a river’s source should be traced to its longest tributary, others trace it to the stream that contributes the most water, which would make the Mississippi’s source the ...