Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

SPICER — West central Minnesota anglers are looking toward the start of open-water fishing season as icy lakes melt, indicating that the wait is almost over. The ice on Green Lake in Spicer, a ...

SPICER — The Green Lake Nursery in Spicer has new owners. Ted Anderson and Robbie Danielson, two friends with shared interests, purchased the landscaping and greenhouse business from Danny Commerford, ...

netted a muskellunge this spring in Green Lake that they estimate would measure close to 50 inches in length. They had no measuring device along, and released the big fish after snapping a quick photo ...

SPICER, Minn. ---- Last fall when docks and boat lifts were pulled from Green Lake, there was just a handful of the tiny zebra mussels stuck onto the pipes and beams. This year docks and lifts are ...

Apr. 4---- This year's open water season arrived ahead of schedule, as once again the ice season's end came earlier than the long-term median. While no official record has been posted yet by the the ...

On Tuesday, the House Capital Investment Committee began their third regional tour of the fall, visiting communities in ...

Locations: Detroit Lakes, Little Pine Lake (Perham), Pelican Lake, Ottertail Lake, Park Rapids, Cross Lake, Gull Lake, Pokegama Lake (Grand Rapids), Big Sandy (McGregor), Green Lake (Spicer), Lake Le ...

SPICER, Minn. — When Minnesota Department of Natural Resources officer Dave Coahran started to receive call after call about dead fish, initially, he wasn't too concerned. "The first one was from a ...

kept hidden a small military airplane that had crashed into its frigid waters after midnight on Oct. 15, 1958. It became the stuff of local lore. For all of those years, some hunted for the Cessna ...

Locations: Detroit Lakes, Little Pine Lake (Perham), Pelican Lake, Ottertail Lake, Park Rapids, Cross Lake, Gull Lake, Pokegama Lake (Grand Rapids), Big Sandy (McGregor), Green Lake (Spicer), Lake Le ...