If you're taking a stroll through a Minnesota forest, you're likely to spot Cedar, Pine, Spruce, and Northern Red Oak trees. However, the biggest tree in the entire state belongs to none of those species, but rather from a branch (no pun intended) of the family. And where it's located will also surprise you.
ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a search for an overdue boat on the St. Croix River ended with the discovery of a woman who died from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning and two others who were overcome, but survived.
HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — Police say the Minnesota teen who drowned in a western Wisconsin river is the half-brother of a man who took his own life in April after fatally shooting the mother of his child, her father and her sister.
BAYPORT, Minn. (AP) — First responders called out in the middle of the night to search the frigid waters of the St. Croix River for a missing boater near Bayport aren't too happy the man failed to inform them he was alive and well until much later.
Chisago City, MN (Learfield Wire Services) - The Chisago County Sheriff's Office reports the body of a drowning victim missing for a week has been recovered from the St. Croix River.
BALSAM LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota man has been acquitted in the stabbing death of a Wisconsin fisherman during a confrontation along the St. Croix River.
BALSAM LAKE, Wis. (AP) — A trial for a Minnesota man accused of fatally stabbing a fisherman on the St. Croix River is set to begin this week in Wisconsin.