All in a day’s work — a deer hunting season’s opening day’s work — for a Minnesota game warden. “I’m just glad we didn’t have to actually deliver that baby,” Brown said.

Jake Willis, left, and Chris Lofstuen, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer pilots, sit on a float of a Cessna 185 on Dec. 1 in Grand Rapids. Lofstuen retired as chief ...

WATERVILLE, Minn. — Decades ago, Minnesota conservation officers, then known as game wardens, generally didn’t carry weapons on duty. But that changed following a single deadly encounter on ...

Oct. 1—WATERVILLE — Decades ago, the Minnesota conservation officers, then known as game wardens, generally didn't carry weapons on duty, but that changed following a single deadly encounter ...