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15-Jul-2026

Air Quality

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an air quality alert for east central, central, west central, southeast, north central, northwest, and northeast Minnesota. The alert runs until 11:00 a.m. on Friday. The affected area includes the Twin Cities metro area, Brainerd, Alexandria, Hinckley, St. Cloud, Winona, Moorhead, International Falls, Two Harbors, Hibbing, Ely, Duluth, and the Tribal Nations of Mille Lacs, Prairie Island, Leech Lake, White Earth, Red Lake, Grand Portage, and Fond du Lac. Very heavy smoke was expected across the Arrowhead Tuesday, as large wildfires continue to spread. Hot temperatures, when combined with air pollution, will exacerbate health impacts A frontal boundary will then spread heavy smoke further south Tuesday evening in to this morning, as it moves across northern and central Minnesota. The onset of smoke will be rapid. Much of Minnesota also remains under an Extreme Heat Warning until at least 9:00 p.m. on Thursday.

15-Jul-2026

Four Killed In Head On Crash

Four people were killed, and one person is critically hurt in a head-on collision. The Minnesota State Patrol says the incident happened just before 3:00 p.m. on Monday on Highway 95 near Princeton in Mille Lacs County.  A Honda HRV was going west on Highway 95, just east of 75th Avenue, when it crossed over the center line, striking a Volkswagen Jetta that was traveling east.  A Nissan Altima traveling behind the Jetta was struck by a tire from one of the other vehicles. The driver of the Jetta, 60-year-old Jeffrey Geisler of Princeton, died.  Two of his passengers, 16-year-old Steven Geisler and 57-year-old Susan Geisler, both of Princeton, were also killed.  A passenger in the Jetta, 18-year-old Janessa Geisler of Princeton, was taken to North Memorial with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Honda, 80-year-old Marilyn Marshall of Princeton, also died in the crash. The driver of the Nissan, 60-year-old Nadean Gross of Princeton, was not hurt.

14-Jul-2026

Early Morning Assault

St Cloud Police are investigating an assault early Saturday morning that sent a Sauk Rapids woman to the hospital. Officers responded to the 1000 block of 9th Avenue South at around 3:20 a.m. They arrived to find a 23-year-old woman had been assaulted by two other women in the parking lot of a business in the area. Police say the women are acquaintances and the assault was not a random incident. The victim suffered substantial but non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at St. Cloud Hospital for her injuries. Police say the investigation is active and anyone who has information about the assault is asked to call the St. Cloud Police Department at (320) 251-1200.

14-Jul-2026

Fatal Crash

A woman was killed in a rollover crash in rural Minnesota on Sunday morning. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says the crashed vehicle was found at County Road 36 and 50th Avenue Southeast in Havelock Township at 7 a.m. 32 year old Selina Castro, of Maynard, Minnesota, was found dead outside of the vehicle. The crash is under active investigation.

14-Jul-2026

Near Drowning

An 83-year-old Illinois woman was rescued after a near drowning incident in Otter Tail County. On July 13, deputies responded to the 14000 block of East Eagle Lake Drive south of Battle Lake for a medical emergency at around 8:28 p.m. The woman dove into the lake and was struggling to swim and had difficulty breathing. Bystanders were able to get the woman out of the water and to shore. She was transported by ambulance for non-life threatening injuries.

14-Jul-2026

Wildfires

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will close on Tuesday as wildfires burn amid an active heat wave in northern Minnesota. Visitors with overnight paddle, overnight motor and overnight hiking permits who were intending to enter the forest between Monday and Friday will have their reservations canceled. Day use motor reservations with entry dates of Tuesday through Friday were also canceled.  Full refunds have already been processed, forest service officials said. The closure impacts all entry points to the BWCAW. The announcement comes two days after the U.S. Forest Service closed 225,000 acres of the region. Crews are going campsite to campsite in canoes to ensure that visitors are evacuating, according to Deputy Forest Supervisor Drew Stroberg. He anticipates that it will take a week for them to sweep every campsite. According to the U.S. Forest Service, a series of lightning strikes on Tuesday lit 21 fires, and over the course of the last few days, the size of the wildfires have grown due to high temperatures and strong winds. Two of the fires could cross into Canada, and officials said they're keeping an eye on one across the border that could move into the U.S. The Thumb Fire has already consumed 5,000 acres, and forest service officials believe that it will burn in some capacity until snow falls in the autumn.  Officials said that while they intend to keep the Boundary Waters shutdown "as short as possible," they anticipate that some areas of the forest will stay closed for the remainder of the season.  The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency also issued an air quality alert for Two Harbors, Hibbing, Ely and Tribal Nation of Grand Portage that takes effect at 7 a.m. Tuesday and runs until 11 a.m. Thursday.