On Thursday, officials provided a look at some new technology that could change how wildfires are spotted in Minnesota. Parts of the state are deploying AI-powered cameras to protect against the ...

Xcel Energy is installing artificial intelligence-powered cameras in Minnesota for the first time to help detect wildfires before they spread. The utility already uses the cameras in parts of Colorado ...

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Summer smoke from Canadian wildfires is once again hazing out Minnesota skies — just in time for your long-awaited Northwoods vacation. Not the pristine, fresh pine-forest air you were hoping for. “It ...

Minnesota and Canada share so much: frigid winters, a love for hockey — and more recently, massive plumes of toxic wildfire smoke sending people indoors in the peak of summer. It’s that latter ...

A group of firefighters with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently returned from Canada after assisting with efforts in fighting the country’s ongoing wildfires. Four people ...

ST. PAUL — As a result of severe wildfires in Canada, Minnesota is facing the longest air quality alert on record since the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency began issuing alerts in 2008. The ...

The wildfires in northern Minnesota earlier this year caused over $2.3 million in estimated damages, officials say. RELATED: Walz, leaders of state agencies give update on northern Minnesota wildfire ...

WINNIPEG, Canada – Ken Lachnit had done what he could. All that remained was prayer. For three days this spring, Lachnit and dozens of other volunteer firefighters had labored to beat back a ...

Canadian wildfires in Manitoba and Saskatchewan have prompted air quality alerts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday and Thursday as residents are advised to "limit prolonged or heavy ...