MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --A grandmother dies in Northern Minnesota less than a quarter mile from the Canadian border. The story made news around the world last month and only highlights a skyrocketing ...

It started like this: Ontario, which shares a border with Minnesota that runs through the Lake of the Woods, was happy to let people staying at Angle resorts fish in Canadian waters, but imposed ...

Esser and a friend passed through the Canadian border without passports. "At first, we figured, if anything, we can say we made it to the Canadian border and turn around," Esser said.