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    June 5, 2014
    County fair animal registration goes online
    Technology is advancing — even at the Becker County Fair. New this year, through a statewide initiative, those registering their animals for show go online rather than filling out physical paperwork. And while that change may have showed some initially misleading numbers of...
    news / Detroit LakesJune 5, 2014 - 10:30am
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    March 18, 2014
    Pet breeder regulations advance in Minnesota Legislature
    ST. PAUL -- Stories about dog and cat breeders who abuse animals hit the news a couple of times a year, providing a reason Minnesota lawmakers are considering regulations. Similar bills have been debated for at least seven years, without passing. But this year bills are moving...
    news / legislativeMarch 18, 2014 - 8:24am
    October 10, 2013
    International Wolf Center draws global wolf experts to Duluth
    As Minnesota and Wisconsin get ready to hold their second annual wolf hunting and trapping seasons — and Michigan enters the fray with its first — wolf experts from around the world will gather in Duluth this weekend to talk about the future of wolves and their relationships with...
    outdoorsOctober 10, 2013 - 8:32am
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    August 7, 2013
    Marshmallow Foundation’s Mutt March
    The Marshmallow Foundation is hosting this year’s Mutt March outside of Lucky Dog on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be the third Mutt March and as usual, all proceeds go to the animals under the care of the Marshmallow Foundation. The Marshmallow Foundations is a...
    news / Detroit LakesAugust 7, 2013 - 7:08am
    July 19, 2013
    Dog made famous in Lake Superior photo dies
    DULUTH, Minn. - Schoep, the Bayfield dog who with his owner became an Internet celebrity last year thanks to a tender photograph of the pair in the waters of Lake Superior, died Wednesday at age 20. The news was announced Thursday afternoon on the Facebook page for Schoep and owner...
    newsJuly 19, 2013 - 10:38am
    March 11, 2013
    Researchers study effects of oil drilling on North Dakota wildlife
    FARGO - Mule deer in the Little Missouri Badlands recently were equipped with radio collars to enable biologists to track their movements and mortality. The research is one of several studies under way in western North Dakota to determine the effects on wildlife species from unprecedented...
    newsMarch 11, 2013 - 8:57am
    December 9, 2011
    Snowy owls descend on Northland in search of food
    Call it the invasion of the snowies. Snowy owls, normally residents of the tundra, are showing up in Minnesota and across the United States this winter. Such an influx of owls is called an invasion or an irruption by birders. A map of snowy sightings at eBird.org indicates that...
    December 9, 2011 - 9:15am
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    November 13, 2011
    Minnesota: Deer harvest down by a third
    Department of Natural Resources area wildlife managers Tom Rusch at Tower and Rich Staffon at Cloquet said deer registrations were down an average of 38 percent and 34 percent in their work areas, respectively. "A decline of 34 percent -- that's pretty significant," Staffon said...
    November 13, 2011 - 9:12am
    November 9, 2011
    Minnesota deer hunters not as lucky as last year
    By all accounts, the deer kill across Northeastern Minnesota appears to be down from last year. Minnesota's 16-day firearms deer season opened Saturday and continues through Nov. 20. Typically, 65 percent of the total kill occurs during the first three days of the season. "We're...
    November 9, 2011 - 8:49am
    September 29, 2011
    U.S. wolf-trapping program to end
    A popular federal program that for 33 years has quietly trapped and killed thousands of wolves in northern Minnesota will become extinct after Friday. The wolves were targeted near where livestock and pets had been killed. And almost everyone who knew about the program -- farmers,...
    September 29, 2011 - 9:46am
    September 7, 2011
    Hunters tracking bounty of big bears
    . Bear hunter Craig Harnden of Inglis, Fla., stands next to a black bear that field-dressed at 662 pounds on Sunday in International Falls. It is the first bear that Harnden has shot. (Photo by Jimmy Knutson) Talk about it Jimmy Knutson at Jim's Ash Trail Store in Orr says it's...
    September 7, 2011 - 9:25am
    August 27, 2010
    Humane society volunteer named
    Meet Patti Anderson, the Humane Society of the Lakes August volunteer of the month. Patti volunteers for many of the organization's fundraising...
    newsAugust 27, 2010 - 1:35pm
    August 18, 2010
    Seven puppies abandoned at Crookston Humane Society
    An animal shelter in Crookston is looking for a few good homes for six puppies that were dropped off during the night last week. Tracey Janisch, shelter manager for the Humane Society of Polk County, said employees showing up for work Aug. 11 found a box that had been placed inside...
    newsAugust 18, 2010 - 8:08am
    March 3, 2010
    Keeping pets identified
    "Badges, we don't need no stinking badges." Just how important is pet identification? Too many pet owners subscribe to that "Badges" quote from "Blazing Saddles." In 2009, 622 stray, lost or abandoned pets came through our doors at the Detroit Lakes and surrounding communities...
    newsMarch 3, 2010 - 11:17am
    January 28, 2009
    MeritCare live animal use under fire
    FARGO - MeritCare Medical Center in Fargo is facing heat over its use of live pigs in its trauma training classes intended to reduce patient death rates. MeritCare offers Advanced Trauma Life Support courses for doctors, which typically involve using human cadavers, nonhuman technology...
    January 28, 2009 - 12:00am
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