Hazardous air quality forecast for much of Minnesota Thursday as fires grow

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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 they say some of the wildfires burning in the wilderness are now so large that they may not be fully extinguished until there’s snow.

As wildfires continue, smoke is creating problems far away from the fires as 

public health officials issue air quality health alerts

Four Twin Cities people are charged with 

evading $1.1 million in Minnesota income taxes

. The defendants allegedly received millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded childcare and food programs. A childcare center tied to the group that had a meal program sponsorship from Feeding Our Future allegedly paid a connected catering company $2.4 million over four years. The revenue department says the caterer claimed to have fed more than 23,000 children in 2024 alone.

A Minneapolis City Council committee passed a resolution Tuesday supporting concession workers at Target Field. UNITE HERE Local 17 has been negotiating a contract with employer Delaware North since mid-March. Last month, its 500 members 

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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 they say some of the wildfires burning in the wilderness are now so large that they may not be fully extinguished until there’s snow.


Some BWCA wildfires may not be fully extinguished until it snows, officials warn

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