Lutsen native Molly Rider is planning to paddle the entire Mississippi River this summer, starting at Lake Itasca and ending in New Orleans.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

When you think of Lake Superior shipwrecks, probably the Edmund Fitzgerald comes to mind. But there was another storm, one that was much more devastating, that took place 70 years earlier.

Our month of the “little spirit moon” is whizzing by in the upper Gunflint.

There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

Finally, the great northern express pulled through our Gunflint station, better late than never!

I recently received word about the death of Peg Morris.  Peg and her partner, Ed Landin, were Cook County residents for many years.

Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.

Out There is a monthly segment from WTIP volunteer and commentator Shelby Gonzalez.