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Back to SearchBoundary Waters permits canceled through Sunday; Tribal nations prepare for evacuation
Permits for entry into the Boundary Waters are canceled through Sunday as fires in the area continue to grow. The U.S. Forest Service told outfitters…
2 months ago
500 firefighters battling 17 fires in northern Minnesota. And they're expected to burn for weeks
Two YMCA summer camps are closing and sending campers home because of wildfires raging in and around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness area. …
2 months ago
Wildfires could continue for weeks -- if not months -- bringing poor air quality to Minnesota
State and federal officials say the wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area will likely continue to burn for weeks if not months.
And smoke from t…
2 months ago
Some BWCA wildfires may not be fully extinguished until it snows, officials warn
Officials with the Superior National Forest say they’re aiming to keep the full closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area as short as possible, but t…
2 months ago
Minnesota wildfires continue to burn
Crews continue to battle wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The end of the Gunflint Trail was moved from “Ready” to “Set” evacuat…
2 months ago
BWCA has closed amid wildfires and harsh conditions. Parts of northeast Minnesota under air quality alert
As heat waves are hitting the Upper Midwest for the next few days, Xcel Energy says its crews and operation teams are prepared. Xcel says they have m…
2 months ago
Feds hand over evidence in ICE shootings; BWCA closes completely
Federal authorities have handed over evidence to state investigators in the January killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio …
2 months ago
Heat wave hits Upper Midwest
As heat waves are hitting the Upper Midwest for the next few days, Xcel Energy says its crews and operation teams are prepared. Xcel says they have m…
2 months ago
Temperatures climb over the weekend; Active wildfires close access to parts of Boundary Waters
Temperatures are going to be climbing across Minnesota through the weekend -- as another heat wave takes aim at the region.
The Superior National Fore…
2 months ago
Judge sentences former Homeland Security agent to 7 years in prison for child sex abuse videos
A judge Thursday sentenced a former Homeland Security agent to seven years in federal prison for making child sex abuse videos. He's one of three Min…
2 months ago