DNR

Good news for ice anglers on Lake Mille Lacs. The Minnesota DNR has decided anglers can keep one walleye between 18-20 inches or one longer than 28 inches this winter.

Zebra mussels have been discovered in another Stearns County lake. The DNR says a service shop discovered five zebra mussels on a pontoon that had been pulled from Lake Sylvia near Melrose and notified the DNR.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources wants your input on bass fishing regulations on two Stearns County lakes.

The Department of Natural Resources has named 17 people to its new Mille Lacs Fisheries Advisory Committee and a new point person for the agency's efforts to revive the popular lake's struggling walleye population.

It may sound loony, but southern Minnesota needs a hand in providing a home for the state's official bird.

The invasive species starry stonewart has been found in Lake Koronis in Stearns County and Mud Lake in Meeker County.

Minnesota's wildlife officials are making sweeping changes at Mille Lacs Lake to restore trust with locals after shutting down the lake's walleye fishing season.

Another central Minnesota lake is infested with zebra mussels. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says a property owner found a zebra mussel attached to a native mussel in Lake Stella in Meeker County.

The Department of Natural Resources is closing Mille Lacs Lake for walleye fishing at 10 p.m. on Monday.

Some commercial fishing operations have been temporarily halted on Lake Pepin following the discovery of nearly four dozen dead paddlefish and lake sturgeon. Both the Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources took the action, announced Tuesday.