PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- The beloved loon is the focus of a new conservation program. The Minnesota Loon Restoration Project is targeting an eight-county area, which includes Hubbard, Becker, Beltrami, ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Loon lovers from around the world are cheering for “Gilligan,” a young loon who is still swimming in open water on the Crow Wing chain of lakes, near Nevis, Minnesota, weeks after ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Biologists took a midnight cruise on a northern Minnesota lake to help a loon in distress. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a biologist with the U.S. Geological ...

Debbie Center normally paints loons but for the past few weeks she's been more focused on rescuing the subject of her artwork in a saga followed by thousands of lovers of Minnesota's state bird.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- People from all over the world are rooting for "Gilligan, "a young loon who is still swimming in open water on the Crow Wing chain of lakes, near Nevis, just weeks after other ...

GRAND RAPIDS — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is reminding anglers to retrieve as much of their broken-off fishing line as possible after an incident with a loon. Biologists for the DNR ...

DULUTH — A citizen science effort that began 30 years ago and has accumulated reams of data on Minnesota's loon population still needs more volunteers to check for loons on northern lakes this summer.

Ever wonder where the Mississippi River begins? You can see for yourself in Itasca State Park in the heart of northern ...

CROSSLAKE — The National Loon Center in Crosslake recently announced that U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith each requested that a Senate appropriations subcommittee designate $1,700,000 in ...

PALO — For 87 years, people have gathered at the Loon Lake Community Center to celebrate the beginning of Lent and sled down a big hill together. It's all part of the annual Laskiainen, a Finnish ...