The ice is out on Rainy Lake, and just in time for the fishing opener on May 9. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources declared the ice out on Rainy Lake on Tuesday, April 28. The date falls… ...

The highly-anticipated grand opening of Winter Realms in Lake Geneva – a new take on Ice Castles – has been met with a wet start.

On June 1, 2022, Ranier resident Daryl Waller had to evacuate from the home he had lived in for 18 years. He and his family were among hundreds fighting off the rising water from Rainy Lake. “We ...

Earlier this month the flooding broke the lake's all-time record set in 1950, and it's only come down a few inches since. According to Gary Sullivan, all water reaching Rainy Lake comes from a ...

According to Gary Sullivan, all water reaching Rainy Lake comes from a drainage area 150 miles in diameter. Every inch of rain translates to a rise of the lake of about seven inches.

• Rainy Lake: Earliest ice-out: April 6, 2012. Latest: May 22, 1950. ... Cold as the winter has been, it didn't rival that of 1950, the year of the latest ice-out (May 18) on Gull.

Residents optimistic as historic Rainy Lake floodwaters recede in northern Minnesota After peaking at a record high level in mid-June, the water has dropped nearly 2 feet.

Approximately 12 miles north of Fresno, Millerton Lake was 54% full, just 86% of its historic average, on Monday. The reservoir fell to half full after the rainy season—usually November to ...