WALKER, Minn. — Minnesota's third-largest lake has a namesake only an angler could love: the leech. Earthworm's ugly aquatic cousin. Those slimy, crawly creatures straight out of a horror film. But ...

CASS LAKE, Minn. — Human remains believed to be several hundred years old were recently found on the shores of Leech Lake, prompting law enforcement to remind the public about being respectful if this ...

LEECH LAKE, Minn. — More than 11,000 acres of land wrongly transferred to the Chippewa National Forest in the 1940s and 1950s will soon be returned to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. On Thursday, Dec.

Mourners gathered for a vigil Wednesday evening at the scene of a fatal law enforcement shooting that wounded a sheriff’s deputy and killed a man on Sunday. The man who died, 37-year-old James Walter ...

BRAINERD — A group of wild ricers came upon more than they expected. On Saturday evening, Aug. 31, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the wild ricers that they located what they ...

CASS LAKE, Minn. -- The next phase has begun to implement the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act, which was signed into law in December 2020. The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and the ...

[UPDATE: The boy who went missing Thursday has been found safe. What follows below is a redacted version of the original story.] MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has issued ...

Seventy years ago this month, Leech Lake muskies went crazy. Until that time, the big silvery fish barely gained notice from most of the lake’s anglers. Instead, walleyes were the lake’s major ...

A 59-year-old Cass Lake woman died Tuesday after her boat crashed into the shore on Leech Lake in Cass County. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office responded to the crash at 1:25 p.m. on the south shore ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – An invasive weed that can choke out native plants and fish habitat has been found in one of Minnesota’s largest and most popular walleye lakes. The Minnesota Department of ...

CASS LAKE-Willie Morris racked up 17 points in the Central Lakes College Raiders' 76-71 loss to the Leech Lake Tribal College Lakers in a non-conference game Tuesday. Shamar Newman contributed 14 ...