By Minnesota DNR COTTONWOOD - An unusual catch turned up in a Lyon County lake, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

The first Mennonites from Russia to arrive in Cottonwood County came in 1873, when thirteen families immigrated to Mt. Lake from the Crimea.

COTTONWOOD COUNTY, Minn. — Authorities say they've recovered the body of the 15-year-old boy who went missing while canoeing on Eagle Lake.

Plans to start work on a splash pad and beach restoration at a lakeside park in Cottonwood can take a step forward, as the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources receives $350,000 in federal grant ...

Pibel Lake Recreation Area is home to the Lower Loup Natural Resource District, geese and as of February 2025, the largest known cottonwood tree in Wheeler County.

Area residents are getting ready for another busy weekend. In Cottonwood, residents are getting ready to celebrate community with Coming Home Days events. And in Slayton, organizers of the Murray ...

To make the project possible, the Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area acquired a 140-parcel of land for the sediment removed from the lake.

The teen was identified Friday as Skyler Goulette of Mt Lake. The Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to search for a 15-year-old who went missing at a lake early Monday evening.

A family in Windom, Minn., lost its home on Cottonwood Lake in June 2024 flooding, after losing another house to a fire in November. (Karla Ray ) Gift Share Listen ...

Lyon County officials say a diesel fuel pipeline leak was caused by a person, and was not an error with the pipeline.

Cottonwood Connect is officially back this weekend for a second season to help carry skiers and snowboarders to resorts up in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon.

That Minnesota ‘snow’ was cottonwood seeds, Sir Charles. Bring ya antihistamines! In which the screams of millions of relieved Wolves fans blow the fluffy seeds off the trees and baffle ...