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INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — A resort owner was airlifted to a hospital after unsuccessfully attempting to rescue her mother, who died in a fire Wednesday night at Northernaire Houseboats on Rainy ...

Thunderbird Lodge is currently the only year-round, full-service resort on both sides of Rainy Lake. Jon Blanchette To continue reading this content, please enable ...

GRAND PORTAGE — Duluthian Mike Ward became the latest person to break a record paddling a landmark water trail, this time along the Minnesota/Ontario border from Rainy Lake to Grand Portage. Ward ...

Lake sturgeon populations in both the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers now are setting their sights on the long ...

Billy Dougherty’s grandfather bought the Kettle Falls Hotel in 1918 for four barrels of whiskey and $1,000. The hotel bridges Kabetogama and Rainy lakes. Dougherty, 68 years old, first showed up at ...