Mike McFeely

Mike McFeely

Mike McFeely is a columnist for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. He began working for The Forum in the 1980s while he was a student studying journalism at Minnesota State University Moorhead. He's been with The Forum full time since 1990, minus a six-year hiatus when he hosted a local radio talk-show.

You can reach Mike via email at mmcfeely@forumcomm.com.

Northland Outdoors

Survey says: Minnesota lakes filled with fish, even if anglers don't think so

DNR's annual surveys help determine fish populations, lake management, stocking strategies

Aug 7, 2022

By Mike McFeely

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McFeely: Fishing dreams begin in New York Mills as a roll of aluminum

Popular Lund boats made in New York Mills factory will be common on Minnesota lakes on fishing opener Saturday, May 14.

May 13, 2022

By Mike McFeely

Columns

McFeely: Minnesota's prairie chicken show never disappoints

If not for the efforts of The Nature Conservancy and the Minnesota Prairie Chicken Society, there might not be prairie chickens left in the state. Their numbers dwindled to a concerning level by the mid-1980s, their habitat ruined by the plow. They are now confined to remnant and restored grasslands in a few counties. One of those is Clay County, close enough to Fargo-Moorhead that before the sun rises over the prairie the lights of the metro glow brightly in the west.

Apr 25, 2022

By Mike McFeely

Northland Outdoors

ND's Meadowlark Initiative seeks to protect grasslands while working with state's ranchers, farmers

Game and Fish Department and more than a dozen partners spearhead program to preserve, re-establish vital native prairie

Mar 25, 2022

By Mike McFeely

Pro

Baseball Hall of Fame candidate from Minnesota is the best player you've never heard of

John Donaldson, who pitched for several years for the local team in Bertha, Minnesota, and is documented to have played in at least 130 towns across Minnesota, is on the Early Baseball Era Committee ballot for induction into the Hall of Fame. The results of the Early Baseball Era Committee vote will be announced live on MLB Network鈥檚 "MLB Tonight" at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5.

Dec 3, 2021

By Mike McFeely

Northland Outdoors

Among the gloom of Minnesota water pollution, a glimmer in the Red River Valley

Lawndale Creek restoration project helps clean water in Buffalo River while providing trout habitat in unlikely place

Nov 18, 2021

By Mike McFeely

Northland Outdoors

Urban life suits river otters, too

A trio of the mammals showed up in a city stormwater retention pond, offering another opportunity for residents to see urban wildlife.

Sep 10, 2021

By Mike McFeely

Columns

McFeely: We're being held hostage by the idiot 30%

Here we are, almost six months after the vaccines first rolled out, and we're still having to deal with mask mandates, fights at school board meetings, postponement of events and worry over schoolchildren getting COVID-19. Everything we were dealing with months ago. We're supposed to be past this point. We should be past this point. We should have clear sailing heading into fall.

Aug 24, 2021

By Mike McFeely

Columns

McFeely: St. Paul legislator a stain on DFL

A St. Paul DFLer has domestic abuse allegations leveled against him after getting scrutiny for claiming racial bias during what appeared to be a routine traffic stop.

Jul 19, 2021

By Mike McFeely

Columns

McFeely: Respect, or something, for Republicans who've manufactured a controversy out of thin air

Aided by their right-wing media, GOP took an obscure academic topic that was on nobody's radar called critical race theory and turned it into the latest cultural wedge issue.

Jun 22, 2021

By Mike McFeely

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