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Lack of oxygen killing fish in Albert Lea lake
Experts say winterkill event is a natural phenomenon.
Posted: Feb 26, 2021 7:13 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ALBERT LEA, Minn. – A lack of oxygen is killing the fish in Pickerel Lake.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) says such a “winterkill” event is caused when snow and ice on a body of water reduces the amount of sunlight reaching underwater vegetation. The Shell Rock River Watershed District says Pickerel Lake is shallow, so available oxygen can be quickly used up.
Experts say winterkill is a natural process and help to thin out bodies of water that are overpopulated with fish. Craig Soupir, MNDNR Waterville Area Fisheries Supervisor, says this winterkill is great for the lake, given its water quality decline in recent years. Soupir says MNDNR plans to restock the lake with pike and perch in the spring of 2021.
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UP TO SPEED: Rural broadband projects in Minnesota are set to meet the state’s goals for minimum upload and download internet speeds. More than $20 million has been awarded to provide high-speed access to communities in greater Minnesota.
Feb 11, 2021
Gov. Tim Walz announced that the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development will award grants totaling $20,645,425 to 39 projects under the state’s Border-to-Border Broadband Development Grant program.
State grant dollars are matched by $33,695,279 in local funds, for a total investment in broadband infrastructure. The projects will bring broadband access to 6,922 businesses, homes and community institutions. This is the sixth year for the program.
About 10 years ago, Becker County handed trail grooming ownership of the county snowmobile trails over to three-area snowmobile clubs, including ULTRA. A club in Lake Park manages trails on the western side of the county, while a group near Ice Cracking Lake by Ponsford handles the eastern side. ULTRA is responsible for 107 miles of designated trails through the county, but they have also been managing additional trails in the area, which brings their area of responsibility to more than 140 miles. (Grooming) usually starts in early fall, said Williams. We go out and visually inspect all of the trails that we groom and we re looking for downed trees, brush that has grown up over the summer, all that needs to be cleaned, and all of that needs to be taken care of before we can get through there with the groomer.
Collin David Emerson
January 19, 2021
Collin David Emerson, 77, of Temperance, Mich., formerly of Brooklyn, Mich., died peacefully in his sleep and in his home, on January 13, 2021, following a long illness. Collin was born on May 1, 1943, in Addison, Mich., to Arlo and Elizabeth Emerson. When Collin was only two, his father Arlo was killed in action fighting the Nazis in Ardennes. The youngest of four children, he and his siblings were raised by their mother and grandmother, Violet Mellinger, in the quiet countryside outside of Brooklyn, Mich.
Collin spent his childhood fishing and hunting in the woods around his house, developing an abiding connection with nature and wildlife, and counting among his childhood pets everything from a fox to a brown bat.