and temperatures made it into the 70s up to the shores of Lake Minnetonka Friday afternoon Those conditions likely were the final push to confirm an ice-out of the big lake.

WAYZATA – All the precipitation the area has gotten this year means it will be slow going on some areas of Lake Minnetonka. A ...

UPDATE: Monday afternoon, Freshwater Society and Hennepin County Water Patrol were out on Lake Minnetonka and did ... and around any island without being stopped by hard ice.

In an update late Tuesday morning, the DNR said the 750-acre Big Island Fire in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area in Green Lake County is now 100% contained as of midnight. The fire broke ...