Jason Rantala joined WCCO as a reporter in June 2023. He's a Minnesota native and is thrilled to be telling the stories of those in his hometown. Located 30 miles from Minneapolis, Elk River, ...

If there are three adjectives that could be used to describe a fishing fly that guarantees it earns a place in most anglers’ fly boxes, durable, easy to tie, and effective would top the list. Al Troth ...

Tule elk are once again roaming the Sierra Nevada foothills southwest of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks after a historic land return that Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling the largest of its kind ...

In the scrub-brush foothills between the long flat fields of California's San Joaquin Valley and the mighty peaks and Sequoia forests of the Sierra Nevada, state leaders and elders from the Tule River ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More than 17,000 acres of ancestral lands were returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe, part of a state effort to ...

LOVELAND, Colo. — Wildlife sightings in urban areas aren't infrequent these days, but the sheer number of elk that passed through a Colorado town late last year is staggering. Try to count all of them ...

The Metropolitan Council voted Wednesday to enter into a contract with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to provide express bus service from Big Lake and Elk River to downtown Minneapolis.

Paddlers floating the Elk River on summer Saturdays can almost walk downstream from boat to boat and never get wet feet. They may not see another boat during autumn. Labor Day isn't the official start ...

Firefighters in Elk River responded to a fuel tanker that caught on fire Tuesday evening. The fire was reported around 6:48 p.m. near 186th Avenue Northwest and Ivanhoe Street, with firefighters ...

Minnesota's policy on transgender athletes in high school sports is leaving parents and school boards in limbo. On Sept. 30, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the U.S.