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
Outdoors
Study finds high mercury levels in fish caught in lakes with zebra mussels
Mercury levels in adult walleyes and perch were found to be far higher in fish pulled from infested lakes compared to uninvaded bodies of water
November 20, 2024
Outdoor Activities
The epic archery hunt at Minnesota’s Camp Ripley was an annual party. Here’s why it’s never coming back.
The Minnesota National Guard has transformed what was a weekend deluge of bow hunters into a daily trickle.
November 14, 2024
Outdoors
DNR says Minnesota’s longtime 6-walleye limit is headed for extinction
The agency is forging ahead with a rule-making process that would drop the statewide daily bag limit to four starting in 2026
November 7, 2024
Elections
Most incumbents lead Minnesota’s nine contested judicial elections
MN Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson and Justice Karl Procaccini were both elected. Nine contested races included Court of Appeals and District Court seats.
November 6, 2024
Elections
Minnesota voters overwhelmingly approve renewal of dedicated lottery funding for environment
About 77% of voters supported maintaining the funding, according to preliminary election results released Wednesday morning.
November 6, 2024
Outdoors
The gnawing mystery of Minnesota’s new beaver meat law
It is now illegal to eat a nuisance beaver in Minnesota.
November 1, 2024
Outdoor Activities
DNR: Netting surveys on Mille Lacs bode well for future walleye numbers
The agency is being urged by a citizens’ panel to allow a two-fish bag limit for the upcoming ice fishing season.
October 16, 2024
Outdoors
Minnesota hunters take aim at program allowing farmers to shoot large numbers of deer
In a pocket of western Minnesota, where many hunters can only take one deer, three farms have DNR permission to harvest 65 or more in response to crop damage.
October 15, 2024
Elections
Minnesota voters overwhelmingly approve renewal of dedicated lottery funding for environment
About 77% of voters supported maintaining the funding, according to preliminary election results released Wednesday morning.
November 6, 2024
Outdoors
The gnawing mystery of Minnesota’s new beaver meat law
It is now illegal to eat a nuisance beaver in Minnesota.
November 1, 2024
Outdoor Activities
DNR: Netting surveys on Mille Lacs bode well for future walleye numbers
The agency is being urged by a citizens’ panel to allow a two-fish bag limit for the upcoming ice fishing season.
October 16, 2024
Outdoors
Minnesota hunters take aim at program allowing farmers to shoot large numbers of deer
In a pocket of western Minnesota, where many hunters can only take one deer, three farms have DNR permission to harvest 65 or more in response to crop damage.
October 15, 2024