Hundreds of thousands of sandbags are protecting homes and businesses along the shore of Rainy Lake, as residents and Koochiching County officials brace for the lake to rise perhaps another half-foot ...

Rainy Lake and the International Falls and Ranier area will be featured on the “Fishing the Midwest” television show this weekend. The show was taped last July and features host Bob Jensen fishing ...

Flooding on the Minnesota-Ontario border is a disaster of historic proportions — a fact perhaps not fully appreciated due to its distance from the Twin Cities and other metro areas. So historic that ...

The emergency grade raise of state Highway 11 east of International Falls by the Minnesota Department of Transportation is allowing businesses such as Island View Lodge and the Sha Sha Resort in the ...

Record-high water levels continue to rise along Rainy Lake and the Rainy River — and that has businesses along the shorelines keeping a close watch. Fort Frances La Place Rendezvous owner Paul Noonan ...

The Rainy River separates Minnesota and southwest Ontario, running 88 miles from the west end of Rainy Lake to where it enters Four Mile Bay on Lake of the Woods. It’s watershed is largely forested ...

Rainy Lake officially crested Monday, and is expected to begin receding between now and June 20, barring no severe weather events. With a decrease in demand for sandbags over the last week, active ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – As expected, the current cold snap has slowed the progress of open water down the Rainy River for anglers hungry for their first boat fishing of the year. The river on the ...

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. - Billy Dougherty remembers clearly his first day as a paid fishing guide on Rainy Lake. Opening day, 1965. He was working for his grandparents at the Kettle Falls Hotel on ...

Lake sturgeon populations in both the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers now are setting their sights on the long ...