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INTERNATIONAL FALLS — A resort owner was airlifted to a hospital after unsuccessfully attempting to rescue her mother, who died in a fire Wednesday night at Northernaire Houseboats on Rainy Lake.

Joe Mershon is an expert on island life. He commutes to work almost daily from his island home on Rainy Lake to the remote destination's only full-service, year-round resort, the Thunderbird Lodge, ...

Lake sturgeon populations in both the U.S. and Canadian waters of Lake of the Woods and Rainy River have met short-term recovery goals, and fisheries managers now are setting their sights on the long ...

Rainy Lake resort sells for $3.2M to its longest-tenured employee originally appeared on Bring Me The News. Joe Mershon is an expert on island life. He commutes to work almost daily from his island ...