Dave Orrick

The contentious issue will fall to Gov. Tim Walz’s successor.

Federal officials confirm Leslie R. Washington was a member of a private firefighting crew from Alaska. His is the first fatality associated with the fires that has been reported.

Nineteen of the YMCA camp’s historic “woodies” spent three weeks at the bottom of Burntside Lake as wildfires burned.

There are no blue ribbons at Game Fair in Anoka County, where seasoned hunting dogs compete alongside lovable goofballs.

A Democrat and Republican from northeast Minnesota say they’ll be ready with a proposal if the Legislature convenes in a special session.

Washington Post reporting supports the allegations of a former Forest Service ranger now running for the Legislature.

The official closure runs through Friday. Eastern portions of the wilderness remain far from flames.

About 68,000 acres have burned, areas around Ely remain under evacuation orders and smoke is threatening much of the Upper Midwest.

Nearly all of Camp Widjiwagan’s legendary fleet of wood canvas canoes is safe, with 19 of them cached underwater in an ancient practice.

Owner Daniel Hernandez, who operates Colonial Market in south Minneapolis, is eyeing a December opening for a new grocery store with a butcher counter, fast-food eatery and ice cream shop. The site, a former Aldi, is on Penn Avenue near Lowry.