A cabin on Lake Vermilion was deemed a total loss after a fire. According to officials, around 1:20 p.m on Wednesday, they ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

An area of Lake Vermilion near Tower, Minn., shows water and weak ice along a pressure ridge that formed on the lake. Two snowmobiles submerged in the water near here on Dec. 28, 2025.

For years, Lake Vermilion and Lake Kabetogama seemed special. As Minnesota’s other large and heavily fished lakes fell one-by-one to zebra mussel infestations, the two sprawling wooded giants in ...

An 80-year-old St. Paul woman, who was the daughter of a Minnesota legislator, died during a water emergency in northern Minnesota. The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call at 5:55 ...

3/20: Jeff Makela, of Superior, caught this 28-inch native brown trout from a small spring pond in Bayfield County. It was caught July 19, 2025, after a morning rain storm. "I hope to share the story ...

Find more photos of nice fish here. 1/20: Cooper Nicholson, 10, caught this walleye July 1, 2025, near Lutsen. Contributed / Lisa Nicholson 2/20: Jeff Makela, of Superior, caught this 28-inch native ...

A Lake Vermilion resident and retired U.S. Forest Service ranger, has announced he is running for the Minnesota House ...

LAKE VERMILION, Minn., (AP) — Authorities say a 67-year-old Illinois man has drowned on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota. The St. Louis County rescue squad found James Knott, of Mascoutah, Ill ...