Excessive heat and humidity has made life uncomfortable this week for many Minnesotans, but the conditions were ideal for whiskey makers. Distillers say the sweltering temperatures help with an important process in flavoring their whiskey.
Centers for Disease Control studies increased asthma-related ER visits by 17 percent nationwide during 19 of the smokiest days. On the worst air quality day in New York state, those visits spiked 82 percent.
Friday will still be warm and muggy across southern Minnesota with a few isolated thunderstorms possible across the state. The weekend brings cooler, drier air.
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