Warm weather and strong gusts of wind are opening up lakes far earlier than usual, and anglers and resort owners are eager to get a jump on the season.
The crash occurred on Highway 169 early Sunday morning.
All backcountry trails and campsites are closed, as well as many frontcountry sites.
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The two men died after a hail of bullets struck a vehicle.
The noise was investigated by police, but no source could be determined.
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The crash occurred when the driver fled police during an attempted traffic stop in Coon Rapids.
The kindergartner's father was trying to get full custody of his son.
"It is horrifying and difficult to process a tragedy of this magnitude, especially in our close-knit community," the superintendent wrote.
The shooting occurred on the 800 block of Elwood Avenue North at around 9:15 p.m.
Many northern Minnesota lakes that are usually clogged with ice until May started April ice-free in this crazy weather year. Gunflint Lake broke its record for earliest ice-out by a whopping 17 days. Crane, Winnibigoshish, and Upper Red Lake are among the others that broke records.
Police are warning anglers to get their ice houses off the lakes as soon as possible after another shelter broke through the ice, this time on Clear Lake in Forest Lake.
People "shouldn't even be thinking about going out there," a DNR officer tells the Star Tribune after a weekend that saw yet more vehicles and people cracking through thin ice.
"You got to be half crazy" but that's not stopping some people from stepping out on the lakes even with temperatures in the 70s. Anglers tell Valley News there's just enough ice left on Jewett Lake in Otter Tail County.
The agency is urging anglers to learn and remember the rules after reporting a rash of fishing violations.
Outdoors groups say mild winters could hurt fish that rely on the cold to survive, which could hurt the state's $4.8 million fishing industry and provide an even wider opening for unwanted invaders like the Asian carp.
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