You can’t talk about the house on Thunder Lake without talking about Dennis Olsen. For Olsen, who grew up in a low-income family and at one time lived in a $7-a-month apartment, the house was a dream.

Lawmakers considered the goldfinch. Kids liked the scarlet tanager best. The whole thing took more than three decades.

Accusation: Lake Minnetonka water rights purchased in 2020 are being undermined by a coterie of power players in Orono.

The city of Hutchinson wants to improve local lakes. “Historically, from the people I’ve talked to and listened to, they used to be used for all kinds of recreation,” said John Paulson, ...

More than 60 people attended an Eagle Lake project dedication last Saturday to celebrate a plan years in the making, and the donors who made it possible. In 2014, Eagle Lake, south of Hutchinson ...

The riparian rights were separated from a property in Orono in 1984. Four decades years later, it remains unclear who owns ...

Families fight for tougher training and equipment regulations after their sons died clearing weeds on Minnesota lakes.