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Wildfire smoke extends air quality alert until Thursday night for southern Minnesota
An air quality alert for central and southern Minnesota continues from Wednesday into Thursday until 11 p.m. The Minnesota ...
Feds now want employees on leave to help fight wildfires. Here’s what it could mean for Minnesota.
The U.S. Forest Service is asking as many as 1,400 employees who left the agency in recent months to help fight wildfires ...
'Dangerous' air quality in Minnesota, Wisconsin as wildfire smoke pours in from Canada
The smell of fire filled the air as thick smoke from wildfires in Canada blanketed part of the Midwest and created hazardous ...
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Minnesota shootings set off five-alarm fire in Congress
Members of Congress went into this weekend with their nerves already severely frayed. The shooting of two lawmakers in ...
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Minnesota wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been 100% contained
The Munger Shaw fire, which spans more than 1,200 acres southeast of Cotton, was 95% contained. Even as Minnesota wildfires have been reaching full containment, Minnesotans are still feeling the ...
Smoke from Canadian wildfires triggers air quality alerts in Minnesota
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for much of state through Wednesday as smoke from ...
Canada wildfires spark record-smashing smoke levels in Minnesota air
An air quality index of 300 or higher is considered hazardous, and the record-breaking smoke AQI in Grand Portage reached 800 ...