Jimmy Lovrien

Northern Minnesota's wildfires calmed over the weekend, but the weather Monday and Tuesday may challenge efforts to establish containment lines and cause fires to grow again.

Peeling paint on the exterior window of a home built in 1911 in Duluth, Minnesota.

Firefighters are protecting structures within the evacuation zones, but outside those areas, property owners are getting ready in case the fires spread.

Investigators later discovered that the St. Paul brewery heir and his captors were states away from the land of sky blue waters.

Two Duluth Fire Department firefighters with experience battling wildfires are among the hundreds of personnel prepping structures potentially in the path of fire.

Just a week old, Ely Community Response has already shifted its focus several times as needs have changed.

Environmental groups said NewRange Copper Nickel should start the environmental review and permitting process over from the beginning.

Luke Gulbranson and Trina Swanson are vying to run against incumbent Rep. Pete Stauber in the November general election. The primary is Aug. 11.

“Rep. Emmer is not fighting for his life,” Rep. Pete Stauber's spokesperson later clarified. ”He had foot surgery.”

The move comes days after he was charged with his second DWI arrest in his five-year tenure as chamber head.