The pandemic push of more people fishing on northern Minnesota lakes, especially with Canadian lakes still off-limits, has spurred the Vermilion Lake Association to ask anglers to keep fewer fish this ...

ON LAKE VERMILION - Libbie Shaffer asked the question many anglers think but few are willing to blurt out. "Why is it taking so long?'' Libbie, 11, asked of her guide, Lonnie Johnson. Libbie, of ...

Steve Foss, a Grand Forks native and former Herald staffer, has written a book on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota. "Lake Vermilion: A multi-species fishing guide to northern Minnesota's crown ...

What a welcome and hugely important piece of good news in Minnesota. And what a good omen for the upcoming legislative session, too. Now, if only Gov. Tim Pawlenty and the Democratic leaders in the ...

COOK, Minn. | It was a cloudy, dreary day threatening rain. From the dock at Pehrson Lodge Resort, our home for the next two days, I could see islands shrouded in fog. Lake Vermilion is a beautiful ...

Corey Kitzmann of Davenport, Iowa, now holds Minnesota’s state record for a catch-and-release muskellunge: a 57¼-inch monster caught on Lake Vermilion earlier this month. Corey Kitzmann of Davenport, ...

The Winds of Lake Erie were soothing to the ear on Sept. 18. Lake Erie Winds, a quartet of clarinetists from across northern Ohio, performed a free show at the Ritter Public Library in Vermilion. The ...

Gliding across northern Minnesota's Lake Vermilion on a sleek, deluxe racing sailboat known as an A-scow is like any other lake-sailing experience — only with the adrenaline cranked up to 10. My group ...

The Arts Guild of Vermilion presents the Splash on the Lake art gallery in the Main Street Vermilion office, 685 Main St., now through Aug. 31. The new installment of the art gallery features colors ...