Big Stone Lake has a long history of recreation. “It was a very popular destination even way before it was a state park,” park manager Jeff Nodsle said. “When you get into the 1920s, there were ...

FARGO - Old is new again in Big Stone Lake. The narrow, 26-mile long lake along the Minnesota-South Dakota border about 125 miles south of Fargo-Moorhead recently got another influx of lake sturgeon, ...

ORTONVILLE — The Big Stone County Sheriff’s Office reported the death of a man whose pickup fell through the ice on Big Stone Lake near Lagoona Beach around 9:16 a.m. Sunday. He has been identified as ...

PIERRE, S.D. — Officials from South Dakota and Minnesota are working together to reintroduce thousands of lake sturgeon into Big Stone Lake. Representatives from the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Lake sturgeon have returned to one of the only places they were once abundant in South Dakota, Big Stone Lake. It’s thanks to a nearly 10 year project between both the ...

Mar. 8---- It seemed like a bold prediction 10 years ago, but time is proving it true. When lake sturgeon were restocked in Big Stone Lake in 2014, it was estimated that in five years' time, some of ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Zebra mussels are in another South Dakota waterway. The South Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) said in a news release Big Stone Lake is now considered infested for zebra mussels.

Joe Kaseforth of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fisheries office in Ortonville handles a Lake Sturgeon caught for analysis in Big Stone Lake. Minnesota's largest fish species was ...