That's why Afar Magazine named Ely as Minnesota's most charming small town ... out the equally cool but under-hyped North American Bear Center. This space is dedicated to the black bear ...

It is one of the top things to do in Ely Minnesota. Bear Head Lake State Park is a Minnesota state park in Mille Lacs County.

Bear Head Lake State Park is between Tower, Minn., and Ely. The hikers were not local and were unfamiliar with the park. Deputies found the hikers in a “very remote area” using a drone ...

She was 28 years old and dealt with aplomb the hordes of picture-taking tourists and repeated motherhood. When she was killed ...

According to the International Wolf Center, an education and research organization based out of Ely, wolves in Minnesota were removed from the federal list of Endangered Species in January 2012 after ...

ST. PAUL — Prospective bear hunters have until Friday, May 3 to apply for a Minnesota bear hunting license in quota areas of the state, the Department of Natural Resources said Tuesday.

It didn’t take long after the Mormon Pioneers settled in northern Utah for the urban legend of the Bear Lake Monster to ...

Karen Tolkkinen is the Minnesota Star Tribune's greater Minnesota columnist. She has more than three decades of experience in local journalism, most recently serving as a reporter, copy editor ...

DULUTH — St. Louis County Rescue Squad personnel rescued two lost hikers Saturday evening in Bear Head Lake State Park. Neither person required medical attention, but they would not have been ...

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