Lake Pepin, the largest naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River, is a beloved resource. But it’s got a big problem: Massive amounts of sediment are eroding from stream banks, ...

Early explorers described Lake Pepin as crystal clear with abundant fish and waterfowl. But the water flowing into Lake Pepin these days is a milky brown, and the lake is filling up with mud. The ...

Lake Pepin is the largest naturally occurring lake on the Mississippi River. Silt, soil and clay from the landscape upstream have been filling it in at an alarming rate. The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance ...

A Twin Cities weekender/amateur cryptozoologist's guide to exploring autumn on The Great River Road, because sure, you’re ...

In a deep tree-lined gorge far below St. Paul’s busy streets, the mighty Mississippi meets the muddy Minnesota. “What you can see is two distinctly colored bodies of water meeting: the relatively ...

Bill Chelmowski, a survey technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District, uses an ice auger to measure the ice at Lake Pepin in February 2021.

The Minnesota DNR is proposing rules changes to several state waters where harvesting fish is “restricted or otherwise ...

LAKE CITY — The Lake City Sportsman Club ice fishing contest will be from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on Lake Pepin near the club’s clubhouse on the lower side of Lake City. Entry fee is $5. The ...

A major figure in efforts to clean Lake Pepin and the Mississippi River of sediment is leaving the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, frustrated with the state's process for the cleanup. Norman ...

Brandon Olson, left, a survey technician with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Bill Chelmowski, a boat operator with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, record a measurement during a survey of Lake ...