Outdoors

Chronic wasting found in 7 deer on Crow Wing Co. farm
Officials moved to close the Merrifield, Minn., operation earlier this year after a wild doe found about a half-mile from the farm tested positive for CWD, increasing concern that the fatal disease had spread.
Lovely bones: Skull man of Bemidji strips taxidermy to its core
Deer hunting is over across most of Minnesota. But for one Bemidji man, a different kind of season is just getting started. Tony Petrie makes European mounts, and it's not a job for the squeamish.
Wisconsin hunters asked to help in search for Jayme Closs
Wisconsin's firearms deer season begins Saturday, and officials are asking hunters across the state to keep an eye out for any evidence that might provide a break in the case of a missing 13-year-old girl.