Bob Timmons

In 2023, the Twin Cities Marathon was abruptly canceled for the first time in the race's history. The reason: Record-setting heat that shot the day's high temperature into the low 90s.

Plus, buckthorn removal gets a romantic twist, and Minnesota's best runners preserve a day to hoof it with the public.

The shift to mid-October is earning praise from coaches, retailers and veteran runners who say cooler weather should improve the race for everyone.

13 entries to lakes, recreation areas and trails off the Echo Trail will close; campfire ban to begin, too

Rangers are paddling lake to lake to clear campers from the wilderness

The rare closure and evacuation order came Monday as more than a dozen forest fires in and around the Superior National Forest grew amid hot, dry conditions with no rain in sight.

It will take U.S. Forest Service rangers at least a week to clear visitors from the million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after the agency ordered the area closed beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, July 14.

It will take U.S. Forest Service rangers at least a week to clear visitors from the million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after the agency ordered the area closed beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, July 14.

It will take U.S. Forest Service rangers at least a week to clear visitors from the million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after the agency ordered the area closed beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, July 14.

It will take U.S. Forest Service rangers at least a week to clear visitors from the million-acre Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after the agency ordered the area closed beginning at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, July 14.