Wake boats are power vessels with large engines, often 500 horsepower, and special features such as water-filled ballast tanks designed to increase displacement and create larger than normal waves for ...

Kids and Mentors Outdoors was started in 2007 by myself and the readers of this column. Our goal is to create opportunities ...

Officials said the child attempted to board the boat while the propeller was engaged and the propeller stuck the child in ...

Bill Ness watched two weeks ago as his 5-year-old daughter walked into Pelican Lake in Otter Tail county wearing a full wet ...

Family road trips don’t have to mean restlessness, endless pitstops and long nights. Glamping offers a road trip upgrade that ...

On June 8-12, four members of the Hays First United Methodist Church handbell choir, the Spirit Ringers, attended the Area 11 ...

Among the trees of the Dells, you can find visitors taking a unique tour.Just as passengers get used to the rough and tumble terrain, they are hit with a surprise - ...

Best for families Occidental at Xcaret, Riviera Maya, Mexico Boredom doesn’t have a chance to catch up to the kids when you book this cheap all-inclusive resort and add on the Xcaret Pass. Available ...

For an authentic taste of Wisconsin tradition, the Wisconsin Brat comes dressed with butter, mustard, pickles, and onions on ...

Minnesota's oldest county fair, the Dodge County Free Fair, is celebrating 168 years of food, farm animals, music, and fun ...

Blue-green algae can be found all over Minnesota. Here's some more info about why it forms and what to look for.

As I write this, there’s a desperate search for dozens of girls, missing from a flood where the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet in 45 minutes. More than 80 people drowned at the time I sent this column.