John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days after he started, the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. A few years ago, ...

It's peak summer on Minnesota's Gull Lake Chain. Boats are buzzing, jet skis slicing and loons are calling. "So it sounds like a territorial challenge that's starting," said Sheila Johnston, listening ...

Q: A group of eight loons, all appearing to be adults, suddenly showed up in late July at our lake in north central Minnesota. They were swimming in a close-knit group, and we’ve never seen anything ...

Every Wednesday until Dec.31, the Gulf Coast Bird Club is gathering on the Lakeside of Port Wonder to try their chances at ...

Dec. 23—Biologists rescued two iced-in loons from Horace Lake in Weare and Franklin Pierce Lake in Antrim recently. Loons need up to a quarter of a mile runway of open water on a calm day to take off.