It was a weekend canoe trip of 11 buddies celebrating a bachelor party. But it took a turn this past weekend when they were canoeing down the Minnesota River in Carver, Minnesota and they heard a dog bark and took the time to look for it.
Officials have announced the first confirmed capture of an Asian bighead carp in the Minnesota River. The Department of Natural Resources says the 25-pound male bighead carp was caught by a commercial angler near New Ulm.
Authorities are searching for the operator of a backhoe that fell into the Minnesota River while clearing ice jams between St. Peter and Mankato. The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports that a backhoe was "washed into the river.