Two Minnesota men are each facing a handful of misdemeanor charges for allegedly harvesting wild rice illegally in Becker County more than a month ago. The men, ages 54 and 36, are each accused of ...

ON LEECH LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Seated low in her canoe sliding through a rice bed on this vast lake, Kendra Haugen used one wooden stick to bend the stalks and another to knock the rice off, so ...

BECKER COUNTY, MINN. (Valley News Live) - Two men are facing a handful of charges for illegally harvesting wild rice in Becker County. One of the men spoke with Valley News Live on Wednesday, October ...

Giiwewag. They are coming home. Manoominikwewag, or harvesting wild rice, is a deep connection back to water and land. Wild rice represents the foundation of a sustainable economy. The Anishinaabe ...

ONEIDA – Tony Kuchma, wetlands program coordinator for the Oneida Nation, was exploring the tribe’s newly restored wetlands area one day about 15 years ago when he saw something that made him react as ...