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Tony Kennedy

Reporter
Outdoors
A 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.

Contact

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tony.kennedy@startribune.com
PHONE
612-673-4213

Latest from Tony Kennedy

Outdoors

Ice fishing is hot in Minnesota this winter, thanks to the cold

Since Thanksgiving, the DNR has sold about 56,500 fishing licenses as anglers give in to pent-up demand.
January 19, 2025
Environment

Divided Minnesota? Not when it comes to outdoors and lottery money.

Voters set a record in passing a ballot measure dedicating lottery money to the outdoors, sailing in all 87 counties.
January 15, 2025
Outdoors

Soaring CWD numbers in southeastern Minnesota prompt DNR to stop culling deer

The DNR will continue efforts to address CWD in the area, including postseason whitetail harvesting and restricting the movement of deer carcasses.
January 1, 2025
Aitkin, MN 9/9/2002 Just two hours before a special hunt by the DNR in the Aitkin area to test for CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease), this doe and her fawn stand alert in a field just south of the Clayton Lueck farm where the disease was first detected in an Elk on his farm. DNR Sharpshooters will fan out in the woods over a 9 square mile area near the Lueck farm tonight (Monday) and continue the hunt until they kill about 100 deer and test for CWD> ORG XMIT: MIN2014052912445064
High Schools

Thief steals Mankato West High’s hockey sticks, throwing shadow on weekend tournament in Duluth

The Scarlets’ showdown against Anoka will be made up later this season.
December 29, 2024
At the Xcel Center in a game between Mankato West and Breck of the high school quarterfinals hockey playoffs in single A, Dalton Weigel(25) positioned himself in front of the Mankato West net.
Environment

Has bird flu spread to bobcats, bears and deer in Minnesota? Research aims to find out.

In a fast-tracked project, U of M researchers will be looking for disease hotspots and whether certain wildlife species are harboring avian flu.
December 24, 2024
Outdoor Activities

Wolves, walleyes, moose and the Superior Hiking Trail attract funding in record package of Minnesota projects

A package of conservation projects funded by a record $103 million in state lottery proceeds will need legislative approval.
December 19, 2024
Northeastern Minnesota moose are casualties of the expanding range of ticks.
Outdoors

Chronic wasting disease pops up in a whitetail deer near Wheaton

It’s the first time CWD has been detected in that portion of western Minnesota and it will trigger new regulations for local hunters.
December 12, 2024
University of Minnesota Veterinary student Jackie Pieron removes lymph nodes from a deer harvested in the fall of 2016 near Rushford, Minn. At right, DNR Wildlife Health Program Supervisor Michelle Carstensen records data about the animal. Lymph node removal and testing is a critical part of the DNR's response to threats of CWD spreading to the state's wild herd of whitetails. These check stations are likely to be positioned later this year in Winona County in response to a CWD outbreak on a deer farm southeast of Winona city.
Outdoor Activities

Minnesota reaps windfall from epic comeback of lake trout in Lake Superior

For the first time, the once-endangered fish could become a star in the state hatchery system for stocking other lakes.
December 7, 2024
Biologists Keith Reeves left ,Josh Blankenheim ,and Cory Goldsworthy pulled out netted lake trout from Lake Superior during an annual spring population survey that's been a key to this long-range fisheries management success story on Lake Superior Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Duluth, MN. ] JERRY HOLT • jerry.holt@startribune.com
Environment

Has bird flu spread to bobcats, bears and deer in Minnesota? Research aims to find out.

In a fast-tracked project, U of M researchers will be looking for disease hotspots and whether certain wildlife species are harboring avian flu.
December 24, 2024
Outdoor Activities

Wolves, walleyes, moose and the Superior Hiking Trail attract funding in record package of Minnesota projects

A package of conservation projects funded by a record $103 million in state lottery proceeds will need legislative approval.
December 19, 2024
Northeastern Minnesota moose are casualties of the expanding range of ticks.
Outdoors

Chronic wasting disease pops up in a whitetail deer near Wheaton

It’s the first time CWD has been detected in that portion of western Minnesota and it will trigger new regulations for local hunters.
December 12, 2024
University of Minnesota Veterinary student Jackie Pieron removes lymph nodes from a deer harvested in the fall of 2016 near Rushford, Minn. At right, DNR Wildlife Health Program Supervisor Michelle Carstensen records data about the animal. Lymph node removal and testing is a critical part of the DNR's response to threats of CWD spreading to the state's wild herd of whitetails. These check stations are likely to be positioned later this year in Winona County in response to a CWD outbreak on a deer farm southeast of Winona city.
Outdoor Activities

Minnesota reaps windfall from epic comeback of lake trout in Lake Superior

For the first time, the once-endangered fish could become a star in the state hatchery system for stocking other lakes.
December 7, 2024
Biologists Keith Reeves left ,Josh Blankenheim ,and Cory Goldsworthy pulled out netted lake trout from Lake Superior during an annual spring population survey that's been a key to this long-range fisheries management success story on Lake Superior Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Duluth, MN. ] JERRY HOLT • jerry.holt@startribune.com
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