Name: DNR investigating rare gator find at Prior Lake
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Description: 9-year-old Quinlynn Lehrmann spotted the 27-inch gator earlier this month.

Police help free tangled eagles in Apple Valley

A resident called in to report that the iconic birds of prey were tangled and laying in the middle of 133rd Street near the intersection with Gardenview Drive.

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DNR investigating rare gator find at Prior Lake

9-year-old Quinlynn Lehrmann spotted the 27-inch gator earlier this month.

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Mondale honored for conservation legacy

Five areas along the St. Croix River will bear the Mondale name, in a nod to his role creating the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

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Mondale honored for saving wild rivers

Five recreational sites along the St. Croix River north of Stillwater are now named for the former VP, in honor of his work to preserve wild and scenic rivers.

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Mondale honored for conservation legacy

As a U.S. Senator, Walter Mondale co-sponsored a bill that helped protect 13,413 miles of 226 rivers in 41 states and Puerto Rico.

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That's So Minnesota: Your suggestions!

KARE's new 'That's So Minnesota' Facebook photo page is growing by leaps and bounds, and resident photo fanatic Ellery McCardles wants your site suggestions.

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Pheasant opener declared a success in Austin

Despite standing crops due to wet conditions and a delayed harvest, 170 registered hunters harvested 44 roosters, one of them by Governor Tim Walz himself.

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Wis. angler drowns on Polk County lake

Deputies were dispatched to Sandhill Lake shortly before 5 p.m. Friday on reports of a possible drowning.

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Maine woman becomes first person to logroll across the Mississippi River

Modern lumberjack Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth and founder of Axe Women Loggers of Maine made history Sept. 26 when she logrolled across the Mississippi River.

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Celebrate National Public Lands Day at Hidden Falls Park Saturday

Visitors can paddle a canoe, shoot a bow and arrow, climb a rope ladder into a tree and all kinds of other great stuff.

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Grow with KARE: KARE's front yard prairie

We're so excited to say goodbye to an unused grassy area and hello to a native pollinator habitat!

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Fall colors are beginning to turn

While some of the leaves we see changing here in the metro are a little early, the color slowly developing up north is typical and expected for this time of year.

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Horses rescued from swamp in Isanti County

Because of the remote nature of where the incident occurred, Isanti County Safety and Rescue crews had to improvise and use wide straps to get under the animals.

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Maple Plain woman killed by bear on Rainy Lake island

The 62-year-old victim was staying at a remote family cabin on Red Pine Island in Rainy Lake, about 10 miles northeast of International Falls.

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Contamination, heavy rainfall lead to record beach closings in Mpls.

Half of the city's 12 beaches were not safe to swim in at various times during the summer — the most since Minneapolis started a water sampling program in 2003.

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Walleye fishing at Mille Lacs closed due to high catch rates, fish mortality

Catch-and-release will end on Friday, Sept. 6 so anglers don't exceed what the DNR calls "a safe walleye harvest level."

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