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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six people had a lucky escape when the snowmobiles they were riding crashed through ice on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

From its rock outcroppings, to its forests, to its views of Lake Vermilion (one of Minnesota’s most popular lakes), the course’s raw exquisiteness is a sight to behold. “The Wilderness sits on an ...

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