MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - The death of a young swimmer who contracted a brain-eating amoeba in a western Minnesota lake has rippled throughout the community. People from the town of Glenwood, located on ...

The death of a teen from a fatal amoeba in Lake Minnewaska isn’t stopping the community’s annual summer festival, which includes swimming events in the lake. Waterama will be held July 21-26 in ...

Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy the trails around Lake Minnewaska State Park in the town of Rochester, N.Y. Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2022. (Tania Barricklo/Daily Freeman) Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy the ...

GLENWOOD, Minn. - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Lake Minnewaska in Pope County near Glenwood. Earlier this week, DNR snorkeling crews ...

KERHONKSON — Lake Minnewaska has reopened, but the cause of throat irritations that led to the lake being closed over the weekend remains unknown. “We have not determined a cause,” Dan Keefe, a ...

GLENWOOD -- The walleye seem to have gotten tight-lipped sooner than usual this ice fishing season, and that has had a predictable outcome on Lake Minnewaska. Equally tight-lipped ice fishermen and ...

Don't call Lake Minnewaska a "dead lake" within earshot of scuba divers. It may not have fish, but it does have a unique underwater ecosystem that divers and biologists marvel at. Park visitors ...

It's been less than two weeks since Hunter Boutain, the 14-year-old boy infected by an apparent brain-swelling amoeba while swimming in Lake Minnewaska, died. Since his death, the Minnesota Department ...

The recent changes at Lake Minnewaska have prompted some interesting discussions which can best be summed up by an old adage: Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it. First, some review: ...

In 2008, some small fish were found in Lake Minnewaska. The fish, identified as golden shiners, should have died. For decades, the water at all of the sky lakes at Minnewaska State Park Preserve had ...

KERHONKSON — A judge will soon penalize New York state for keeping a well-known family out of its Lake Minnewaska home for the past 22 years. The state could be ordered to pay as much as $5.9 million ...

GLENWOOD — It seems fitting that depth will be important for the basketball team along the shores of Lake Minnewaska. Bringing back three starters and a large crop of players to fill in the holes, the ...