Notes from the Granite Area Arts Council: Window Clings and Clingy Chickens…

I spent today sweating in my office while various students and staff members, perhaps similarly a little undersocialized from a long summer, dropped in to chat; however, the 90+ degree heat index made it difficult to believe it was actually, at least according to the academic calendar, “fall.” Are you likewise excited for changing trees, cheap mums, and hot cider?

Pheasants Forever, Minnesota DNR join forces to get new hunters into fields and forests

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Pheasants Forever invite Minnesota hunters to join the Hunter Mentor Challenge and take someone hunting who has never hunted or hasn’t hunted for a few years.After their hunt, participating Minnesota hunters and their mentees will have the chance to win a limited-edition Pheasants Forever prize.The program is open to all types of hunting in Minnesota that are legal and in-season — including, but not limited to, pheasants, grouse, waterfowl, deer, squirrels, and wild turkey (applies to fall and spring turkey seasons).

Reminder: Deer lottery application deadline is Sept. 5

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds firearm and muzzleloader hunters who want to harvest antlerless deer in a deer permit area designated as antlerless permit lottery this hunting season to purchase their license by Thursday, Sept.