The Planning Assistance to States Big Sandy Lake project is a two-fold effort in tracking fish that were otherwise unmonitored. “We’re doing two different projects at the same time.

At Big Sandy Lake, the water is up 6 feet, 6 inches and it's still rising. The lake can't drain into the Mississippi River as it usually does, because the river is swollen from last week's storms.

1 / 8 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A firefighter with the Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department dive team completes dive training under ice Feb. 2, 2021, at Big Sandy Lake on South ...

AITKIN COUNTY -- Ojibwe stories passed down over generations say the west side of Big Sandy Lake appeared white from a distance in the summer of 1851, like it was covered in snow. But it wasn't snow.

DULUTH, Minn. — Warm weather and recent flooding are being blamed for a fish kill on Big Sandy Lake, about 60 miles west of Duluth. Mike Bruesewitz, Aitkin area fisheries manager for the Depa… ...