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The nation's icebox - International Falls - warmed to a successful Make-A-Wish event last weekend. At the get together, Justin Clack from Park Rapids helped Forrest Hess, a 17-year-old from New York, make his wish to ride a vintage snowmobile come true. Clack, who collects and restores...

Good snow means Minnesota's more than 1,800 miles of grant-in-aid and state-operated cross-country ski trails are in great condition. "We've seen an increase over last year in ski trail use as a result of good snow and trail conditions," said Andrew Korsberg, Trail Program coordinator...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is preparing to launch a new Web site and is seeking additional feedback before the redesigned site goes live. To preview the new look, go to http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/new_website.html. "Our current home page is more than five...

FRAZEE - If you want the secret to staying warm in frigid weather, ask a sled dog enthusiast. Mushers, handlers and spectators didn't seem phased Friday by being out in the cold all day at the Third Crossing Sled Dog Rendezvous. The area's temperature around noon was 10 degrees...

FRAZEE -- The pitter-patter of paws hitting the snow. The silence of the countryside. Both are music to the ears of sled dog drivers that competed here Friday and today. The event is noisy at the starting line, with a loud speaker, dogs barking and hundreds of spectators cheering...

Heidi Brune got her start in the Frazee Sled Dog Club when a friend, interested in sled dog racing, brought Brune to a club meeting. "One meeting and I was hooked," she said. "People that come to the races get hooked as well." Now president of the club, Brune said the focus is...

The recent snowfall has created wonderful opportunities for winter enthusiasts from cross country skiers to snowmobile enthusiasts. With those opportunities come some additional responsibilities, especially for snowmobile enthusiasts. Conservation officer Joe Stattelman of the Minnesota...

Deer hunters in Paul Bunyan State Forest and Beltrami Island State Forest may encounter new signs designating "areas with limitations" where the big game hunter/trapper ATV exceptions do not apply. Forest lands classified as managed or limited are afforded off-road vehicle and ATV...