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.

A unique program in Minnesota is breaking down barriers. It is helping more women become firefighters, one workout at a time. The goal of the "Twin Cities female Firefighter fitness program" is to train women to pass the physical fitness requirement. They gather several times a month.

As winds shift back out of the south, the Canadian wildfire smoke blanketing the metro is expected to improve throughout the day on Sunday. However, some air quality issues will still persist, especially in northern Minnesota. An air quality alert remains in effect for all of Minnesota until 9 a.m. Monday.

Weekend wildfire smoke produced some of the worst air pollution ever recorded in MN originally appeared on Bring Me The News. 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 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.

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

A group of Republican lawmakers has complained that smoke from Canadian wildfires is ruining summer for Americans, just days after voting for a major bill that will cause more of the planet-heating pollution that is worsening wildfires.

Unhealthy air has invaded Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota early this week as a new round of wildfire smoke from Canada has wafted into the region, choking out areas as far south as Chicago and Detroit.

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

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,