More than $1 million in improvements on way for Appleton OHV Park; trails improved and re-opened in Swift Falls Park with discussions on possibility of removing dam| Bemidji Pioneer
Dave Coahran, fisheries supervisor with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in Spicer, has raised the possibility of adding muskie to a lake in Kandiyohi County, but it's currently only a talking point.| Bemidji Pioneer
Democratic challenger A.J. Peters and Republican incumbent Michelle Fischbach spar over issues in televised debate| Bemidji Pioneer
Tom Cherveny is a regional and outdoors reporter for the West Central Tribune. He has been a reporter with the West Central Tribune since 1993. Cherveny can be reached via email at tcherveny@wctrib.com or by phone at 320-214-4335.| Bemidji Pioneer
Rural counties experience greater natural losses as deaths continue to outpace births. But there is in-migration attributed to people moving from urban to rural areas for jobs.| Bemidji Pioneer