Fine particle levels are expected to reach the purple air quality index category, which means it is considered “very unhealthy" for everyone throughout a wide stretch of Minnesota.

Two people were found dead following a house fire in northern Minnesota. The fire was reported at 9:20 p.m. Thursday, with firefighters from Cook, Orr, Kinney-Great Scott and Greenwood sent to the residence in Beatty Township, St. Louis County.

Rain is likely this evening, lasting into early Saturday morning. Overnight lows will range from 49 degrees in International Falls to 63 degrees in Siren.

An air quality alert is in effect for parts of northern Minnesota as wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada again drifts south.

Multiple U.S. states and Canadian provinces are experiencing poor air quality from wildfire smoke. Here's where.

The smoke from Canadian wildfires produced some of the worst fine particle pollution on record in Minnesota over the weekend. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released the top hourly fine particle readings from the air quality alert that ran from Friday to Sunday, with the worst reading reaching 404.9 in Detroit Lakes.

An air quality alert in effect for northwest and north central Minnesota could extend into the weekend as wildfire smoke moves across the state.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency released the top hourly fine particle readings from the air quality alert that ran from Friday to Sunday, with the worst reading at 404.9 in Detroit Lakes. That put it 5th on the all-time highest fine particle pollution levels from wildfire smoke ever recorded in Minnesota.

Their neighbor’s house was on fire. They complained about the smoke. The smoke was terrible. Over the weekend, it blew in yellow and orange, coiling around cities and towns and playgrounds. Any attempt at summer fun — a splash in the pool,