Tony Kennedy
Reporter
OutdoorsA Minnesota native, Kennedy lives in the Twin Cities and on land surrounding a Driftless Area trout stream. He's been an investigative reporter at the Star Tribune, an Associated Press newsman and a beat writer covering the environment, aviation, state politics and public safety. His journalism career started at Marquette University, a small-town newspaper in Indiana and The St. Cloud Times. Kennedy's wife is an inner-city kindergarten teacher and their two boys are into hockey, the outdoors and dirt bikes.
Latest from Tony Kennedy
Young Minnesota angler wins one of the world's biggest bass fishing tournaments
Easton Fothergill’s record-breaking catch over three days in Texas earned him a $300,000 prize.
March 24, 2025
Minnesota DNR loosens walleye regulations on Mille Lacs for entire season
The new, two-fish limit is the most generous in years, a sign of resurgence for the lake.
March 13, 2025
Mille Lacs gets new, unprecedented fishing limit — on perch
Heavy harvest prompted the agency to lower the daily bag limit from 20 perch to five.
March 10, 2025
Minnesota foragers want some control over harvesting rules on state lands
Mushroom hunters, wild blueberry pickers, chokecherry lovers and other foragers don’t want to leave it to the DNR.
March 6, 2025
Minnesota’s elk will stay put for now; plans delayed to start a herd in northeast part of state
The plan is to draw from elk herds in Kittson and Roseau counties, but those populations are stagnant and Red Lake Nation opposes any movement of elk to the northeast.
February 21, 2025
DNR setting the table for a possible bigger walleye catch on Mille Lacs
Members of an advisory committee want the season to start with a two-fish or three-fish bag limit.
February 19, 2025
Minnesotans rejoice over partial reprieve for holders of Canadian remote border crossing permits
Recently expired permits are now valid through the end of the year.
February 18, 2025
Canada’s ‘pause’ of remote border crossing permits puts some Minnesotans' lives, and livelihoods, in limbo
“You can’t get there from here” is the dilemma facing some cabin owners, businesses and canoeists.
February 14, 2025
Minnesota’s elk will stay put for now; plans delayed to start a herd in northeast part of state
The plan is to draw from elk herds in Kittson and Roseau counties, but those populations are stagnant and Red Lake Nation opposes any movement of elk to the northeast.
February 21, 2025
DNR setting the table for a possible bigger walleye catch on Mille Lacs
Members of an advisory committee want the season to start with a two-fish or three-fish bag limit.
February 19, 2025
Minnesotans rejoice over partial reprieve for holders of Canadian remote border crossing permits
Recently expired permits are now valid through the end of the year.
February 18, 2025
Canada’s ‘pause’ of remote border crossing permits puts some Minnesotans' lives, and livelihoods, in limbo
“You can’t get there from here” is the dilemma facing some cabin owners, businesses and canoeists.
February 14, 2025