The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board denied a proposal Wednesday to drape Lake Calhoun signs with black cloth on the anniversary of the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. The First Minnesota ...

The next step for the name change will be a decision from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. After that, the decision will go to federal authorities. Save Lake Calhoun's advertisement ...

"Under Minnesota law, the body of water that was Lake Calhoun is now Bde Maka Ska." On Wednesday morning, the high court ruled the state Department of Natural Resources had the authority to rename ...

Calhoun, for whom the lake was apparently named, never actually visited the lake, or for that matter, the state of Minnesota. Apparently, Secretary of War Calhoun sent a surveyor to map the area ...

Lake Calhoun is named after John Calhoun, a proponent of slavery who helped build Fort Snelling in Minnesota. . But what exactly does the city's vote mean? First off, it does not mean Lake Calhoun ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court will decide whether the state Department of Natural Resources has the authority to change the name of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis to its original Dakota name ...

Two hundred years ago, somebody befouled a Minnesota lake with John C. Calhoun's name. Now a state appellate court says we're stuck with it until the Legislature takes action. Which means we're ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota officials have approved changing the name of a lake that honored slavery supporter and former Vice President John Calhoun. Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis will be renamed Bde ...

FILE - In this May 2, 2017 file photo, a windsurfer glides on the surface of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis. A divided Minnesota Supreme Court said Wednesday, May 12, 2020, that the state Department ...

Ending a years-long debate over honoring a defender of slavery, Minnesota’s Supreme Court ruled 5-2 Wednesday that the commissioner of the state’s Department of Natural Resources had authority to ...

In addition, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ... back milfoil on four of its lakes this summer -- Cedar Lake, Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet and Wirth Lake -- at a cost of about $100,000.

“I’ve been visiting Calhoun for years now … it is such a staple ... Only 13 minutes away from the University of Minnesota campus by car, this lake is a close-by spot to visit. Lake Nokomis, which is ...