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.

Summer heat will return to the Twin Cities on Monday as air quality concerns linger for parts of Minnesota. The week will start dry and warm, with highs near 90 in the metro. The northern half of the state remains under an air quality alert through 6 p.m. due to Canadian wildfire smoke, the National Weather Service said.

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.

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

The Pollution Control Agency has issued a statewide air quality alert through 9 a.m. Monday because of Canadian wildfire smoke.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reported recently that elevated lead levels at Gopher Resource in Eagan exceeded national ambient air quality standards from January through March 2025. Gopher R

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended an air quality alert across the northern portion of the state but indicated smoky air from the weekend is on its way out.

Neighbors of a lead recycling factory in Eagan learned last year that they could get part of a $30 million settlement stemming from accusations that the business had exposed workers and their families in Florida and Minnesota to the toxic metal for two decades.

Air quality alerts remain in place for Wisconsin until noon and northern Minnesota until 6pm this evening. Temperatures will be hot on Monday and Tuesday with highs nearing 90 degrees. Showers and storms return late Tuesday with showers into Wednesday. MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - It's a hot and sunny Monday with more heat before storms on Tuesday.