Kalli Hawkins

A firewise brush pile disposal site in the Airport Pit along Ball Club Road will likely remain closed for the remainder of the summer and fall following a fire that occurred on July 4.

In recent weeks, a wolf in Isle Royale National Park has been raiding food and backpacks at campsites, sniffing and pawing at tents, and even entering tents.

Several new wildfires have been reported within the Superior National Forest, bringing the total to 15 active fires throughout northern St. Louis County and Lake County as of Friday.

A prescribed burn completed by the U.S. Forest Service in late May has flared up amid increasingly dry conditions across northern Minnesota, producing considerable visible smoke near Greenwood Lake.

On Sunday evening and Monday morning, Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness permit holders and outfitters began receiving emails announcing that all BWCAW entry points will close effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, July 14.

As wildfire activity continues across northeastern Minnesota and just north of the U.S.-Canada border, Cook County officials are urging residents and property owners to be prepared.

The Cook County Sheriff's Office raised the evacuation designation to ‘Set' at 1 p.m. Tuesday for residents and visitors near the end of the Gunflint Trail after a wildfire burning along the U.S.-Canada border increased in size.

I talked with my mom, Darcy Ziller, about what it's like to be a Cook County Dispatcher. We talked about how she became a dispatcher, what a ‘typical' day looks like, roles and responsibilities, advice for others looking to enter the field, and more. Audio is below.

The Forest Service continues to monitor the prescribed burn near Greenwood Lake and the smoldering fire at the Airport Pit brush-pile disposal site amid ongoing dry conditions and red-flag warnings.

Overnight on Tuesday, two Canadian wildfires that have been burning near Ottertrack and Knife Lake merged and then crossed over the border into the U.S.