ITASCA STATE PARK, MINN. - Lake Itasca is almost as wild now as it was 193 years ago, when it was named by an explorer from Michigan seeking the true source of the Mississippi River. Some of the red ...

pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — The operators of a longtime, popular attraction at Itasca State Park dry-docked their business this summer, claiming the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources changed rules to ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the presence of zebra mussels in Bass Lake, near Cohasset in Itasca County. DNR invasive species staff issued a release on Monday, ...

While some hydrologists argue a river’s source should be traced to its longest tributary, others trace it to the stream that contributes the most water, which would make the Mississippi’s source the ...