Ever wonder where the Mississippi River begins? You can see for yourself in Itasca State Park in the heart of northern ...

Can the lure of wireless Internet service get more people outdoors? That experiment is under way this summer at Itasca State Park, where the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is offering free, ...

pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — This week on "Hitting The Trails" we head a ways up north to historic Itasca State Park in Park Rapids. "Itasca State Park was the second state park in the country and this area ...

Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago ... In 1891, the Legislature made the lake and its woods Minnesota’s first state park. Aside from a few campgrounds, log cabins and access ...

A key piece of groundwork starts Monday to begin connecting one of Minnesota's most-visited parks with one of its original rail trails. The first phase of establishing a connector trail of more than ...

According to information from Dr. Jonathan Oliver, an assistant professor in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and public health entomologist, there are approximately 1,000 to 1,400 ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Construction of the Itasca-Heartland Connection Trail began on Monday, Aug. 28. The trail is a multi-purpose, paved connection between Itasca State Park and the Heartland Trail.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A small wildfire is burning in Itasca State Park in drought-stricken northern Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says the fire was reported burning Tuesday ...

Heavy storms and damaging winds in northern Minnesota downed trees and knocked out power in several state parks and recreation areas including Itasca State Park early Thursday. No injuries have been ...

When storms ripped through northern Minnesota in the early morning hours of July 21, it wreaked havoc in beloved vacation spots. At Burntside Lodge in Ely, a cabin was knocked off its foundation. At ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, Minn. — A fire on the western edge of Itasca State Park in northwest Minnesota has burned about 9 acres, officials said Wednesday. The fire was reported to the Clearwater County ...