Mom aides in rescue from afar when family's BWCA trip ends in evacuation
An annual Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip for a family from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, ended early after wildfires forced visitors to evacuate the wilderness.
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3-day air quality alert in effect amid Minnesota wildfires, heat dome
"Very heavy smoke" from fires in the Arrowhead, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and southern Canada will quickly inundate much of Minnesota with the help of a sagging front that will drag that air on south, the MPCA says.
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NEXT Weather: 10 p.m. report for Minnesota on July 14, 2026
WCCO meteorologist Chris Shaffer says wildfires raging up north are pumping smoke into the atmosphere, and a sagging front will drag some of that smoky air south.
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Dangerous heat will linger in the Twin Cities through Thursday, but poor air quality will linger a bit longer, says meteorologist Chris Shaffer.
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Mom aides in rescue from afar when family's BWCA trip ends in evacuation
An annual Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip for a family from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, ended early after wildfires forced visitors to evacuate the wilderness.
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3-day air quality alert in effect amid Minnesota wildfires, heat dome
"Very heavy smoke" from fires in the Arrowhead, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and southern Canada will quickly inundate much of Minnesota with the help of a sagging front that will drag that air on south, the MPCA says.
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Mom aides in rescue from afar when family's BWCA trip ends in evacuation
An annual Boundary Waters Canoe Area trip for a family from White Bear Lake, Minnesota, ended early after wildfires forced visitors to evacuate the wilderness.
3-day air quality alert in effect amid Minnesota wildfires, heat dome
"Very heavy smoke" from fires in the Arrowhead, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and southern Canada will quickly inundate much of Minnesota with the help of a sagging front that will drag that air on south, the MPCA says.
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Victims in Lake Pepin fatal boat crash identified
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