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 ...

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 ...

BROOKINGS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Researchers from South Dakota State University are on a mission to restore the lake sturgeon population within Big Stone Lake. Lake sturgeon at Big Stone Lake, a ...

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 ...

ORTONVILLE — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Big Stone Lake, a long, narrow lake that extends 26 miles through Big Stone County in ...

Nov. 25—ORTONVILLE — A back-to-the future story is unfolding in a big way on Big Stone Lake and in the Upper Minnesota River watershed, where an eight-year-long process to restore lake sturgeon to ...

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.

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