Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says the recovery effort is now underway amid the weekslong fight to contain several wildfires near the Arrowhead region, but warned "they will not be the last of this summer."

Minnesota is in a perfect position for overhead auroras, but the smoke will be key to how much visibility there is. All of Minnesota is in an air quality alert due to smoke from Canadian wildfires flowing through the sky, and some of the smoke will reach near the surface.

Minnesota authorities warned of unhealthy levels of exposure to particles from wildfires. Symptoms include shortness of breath, heart attack. stroke.

All evacuation orders prompted by wildfires north of Duluth, Minnesota, have been lifted, officials said Monday.

Surface smoke could impact part of Minnesota beginning Thursday, and with fires burning out of control in Canada, it could be a smoky summer in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Dozens of fires are burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, causing evacuations and states of emergency as smoke is being blown into the Midwest, causing air quality alerts.

Good Friday evening and happy weekend to one and all!If you looked up today and noticed a gray, milky sky, you weren’t seeing clouds. What you saw was wildfire smoke—thick, high-altitude smoke drifting in from fires burning across Canada.

The National Incident Management Organization team reports that containment levels for the Jenkins Creek Fire and Horse River Fire remain at 95% and 0%, respectively.