Fire destroyed a family-owned houseboat rental business on Rainy Lake in northern Minnesota, killing an 85-year-old woman and injuring her daughter and another family member, officials said Thursday.

An 85-year-old woman died in Wednesday night’s fire at Northernaire Houseboats on Rainy Lake. Authorities said Thursday that firefighters found her body at 11:20 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was reported ...

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Rainy Lake resort sells for $3.2M to its longest-tenured employee originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Joe Mershon is an expert on island life. He commutes to work almost daily from his island ...

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — A resort owner was airlifted to a hospital after unsuccessfully attempting to rescue her mother, who died in a fire Wednesday night at Northernaire Houseboats on Rainy ...

KOOCHICHING COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Two women are seriously hurt after hitting a pontoon trailer and rolling into a tree Tuesday night near Rainy Lake. Minnesota State Patrol says the ...

Lake sturgeon populations in both the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers now are setting their sights on the long ...

Billy Dougherty’s grandfather bought the Kettle Falls Hotel in 1918 for four barrels of whiskey and $1,000. The hotel bridges Kabetogama and Rainy lakes. Dougherty, 68 years old, first showed up at ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. – If the walleyes didn’t cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn’t be because of the weather. Morning temps in ...

BAUDETTE, Minn. — If the walleyes didn’t cooperate on this sunny Saturday morning, the opening day of Minnesota’s 2025 fishing season, it certainly wouldn’t be because of the weather. Morning temps in ...