Jose Jairo Romero, 23, was fishing at the Mendota Pool Park off Bass Avenue before he was reported to be missing about 9:15 p.m. May 21, according to the coroner.

Minnesota is rolling out speed cameras in Mendota Heights and Minneapolis this August to curb speeding, starting with ...

Wisconsin archaeologists recently discovered 11 ancient canoes in Lake Mendota, outside Madison. The canoes were found in a cache that may have been an ancient shoreline.

Mendota’s sons, Army Pvt. Jesús Rojas and Sgt. Loy Pierce, were the first and last from Fresno County to be killed in action in Vietnam.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Firefighters rescued three people from a fishing boat that capsized over the weekend on Lake Mendota. Madison Fire Department reported responding after 5 p.m. to the lake ...

A dugout canoe used by indigenous people 3,000 years ago recently recovered from Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota is the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region, the Wisconsin Historical ...

Recently thawed Lake Mendota has become home to migrating swans, ducks and geese. Their yearly return marks the beginning of the nesting season and provides cultivation benefits to the lake ecosystem, ...

Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologists recovered a 3,000-year-old dugout canoe from Lake Mendota in Madison, Wis., on Thursday. Wisconsin Historical Society hide caption ...

Both perch and walleye appear to be doing well in Mille Lacs, but the DNR has its reasons for new regulations announced this week. There are other factors at play, too.

Despite difficult diving conditions, limited funding, and a tragic death, archaeologists are working against all odds to reveal what may be submerged beneath Madison’s Lake Mendota. Wisconsin ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Three people were rescued after a fishing boat overturned on Lake Mendota Sunday evening. The Madison Fire Department’s Lake Rescue Team was called to the lake at 5:05 p.m. A boat ...

The discovery in Madison's Lake Mendota comes less than a year after a 1,200-year-old canoe was found, ... That boat also had net sinkers on board used for fishing.