Green Valley Fire

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- “She was a hot one!” Russ Knowles said as he recalled watching a raging wildfire blow past his Wadena County home, taking his garage with it. Across the road, his son, Derek, had just lost 1,000 Norway pines close to his home. It was May 14, 2013. A...

Logging is underway following the May 14 fire that burned 7,100 acres in Hubbard, Wadena and Becker counties, area DNR Forestry supervisor Mark Carlstrom reports. But he’s stressing patience before cutting regarding trees impacted by the blaze. About half the conifers with...

Area residents impacted by the Green Valley Fire arrived in number Thursday in Menahga to learn options and suggestions regarding tree removal from DNR officials, with loggers on hand to meet with the residents. “The first job is to kill pine bark beetles,” Mike Carroll of...

Amid the charred treetops and smell of smoke are the ashes of some people's most personal belongings, including their homes. I'm here at the...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. – Contractors arriving to repair fire damage on Judy and Don Dulski’s log home on County Road 111 near Menahga on Wednesday estimate the structure would have been destroyed if the plane dropping water on the wood-shingled roof had come just two minutes later. Their...