Gov. Tim Pawlenty's dream of turning undeveloped Lake Vermilion shoreline into a state park has taken a giant step forward. Several years of negotiations between U.S. Steel, which owns the property, ...

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. It ...

An 80-year-old Twin Cities woman was found unresponsive in a northern Minnesota lake and died, officials said Thursday. First responders were alerted shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday by a 911 call ...

DULUTH, Minn. - The land for the proposed state park on Lake Vermilion near Tower could cost the state upward of $40 million, St. Louis County Assessor Mel Hintz said Wednesday. Hintz said the current ...

The Lake Vermilion State Park proposal still is alive at the Legislature, but if it's going to become reality, several hurdles remain. Pawlenty has asked legislators for an exemption to state law that ...

ST. PAUL - Minnesota legislators will be trapped indoors for most of the next few months, but for many their minds will be on the outdoors. They will debate establishing a new state park, cleaning the ...

A treetop view off a hiking trail in Lake Vermilion State Park in Minnesota, showed a valley of aspen pine trees that run up to the shore of a 61-square mile lake featuring dozens of islands. The ...