GLYNDON, Minn. — By this time of year, children are usually splashing and playing in a popular swimming pond near here. But for now, they can only walk through the empty, sand-bottomed pit in Buffalo ...

GLYNDON, Minn. — For the third straight year, one of the most popular swimming beaches in the Fargo-Moorhead area will be closed for the summer. The sand-bottom swimming pond at Buffalo River State ...

Often beautiful in theory, many ponds end up as stagnant corners of the garden that don’t quite earn their keep. But what if you could swap your unloved water feature for something a little more ...

Revelers play in the shallow water where Cushman Brook feeds into Puffer’s Pond in North Amherst. Town officials closed the pond on Thursday due to high levels of E. coli. Credit: GAZETTE FILE PHOTO ...