The Birch Bay Fire burning near Burntside Lake about eight miles northwest of Ely has burned 25-30 acres. Nine cabins have been evacuated, but no structures have burned.

Jennifer Mayerle happily returned to Minnesota and WCCO, where she began her career as a summer intern. The Emmy and Edward R. Murrow award-winning journalist returned to WCCO as a reporter in 2014 ...

A wildfire near Burntside Lake in northern Minnesota prompted emergency evacuations and a large response from several crews.

Federal action has derailed the copper-nickel mining company's original mine plan on federal mineral leases, but mining activity is still allowed on state leases near the Boundary Waters. Steve ...

This week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency placed Birch Lake and part of a river that flows into it on the state's list of impaired waters. The listing was based on data provided by ...