Thirteen years ago, a violent storm with a massive tornado tore through North Minneapolis, leaving a swath of destruction in its wake. Numerous people lost trees, had their roofs removed, or their homes destroyed. Walls were reduced to matchsticks. Among the...

If you live near a wooded area in Chisago or Isanti County, and if you’re are fortunate, your summer days may be accompanied by the sweet, plaintive voice of the Eastern Wood Pewee. “Pee-o-wee” he says, “Pe-o.” Pewees are known to sing early and late, and all day long...

Three hundred miles northwest of Chisago County, a birding opportunity beckons. Each spring, the great migration of waterfowl and shorebirds passes over the Dakotas, with weary birds dropping into marshes to rest and refuel while in transit to summer nesting grounds....