Smoggy times: Canadian wildfires contribute to Minnesota haze

Much of Minnesota will be under an air quality alert MPR News reports The alert is expected to last until at least p m Monday According to the Minnesota Waste Control Agency fine particle levels caused by large wildfires from Manitoba and Saskatchewan will push the air quality index to the red category a level considered unhealthy for everyone across the northern half of Minnesota For majority of the southern and central part of Minnesota the air quality index is expected to reach the orange category which is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups The Amtrak customer train Borealis which runs between St Paul and Chicago just celebrated a year of operation And by ridership it the year was a success More than trips were registered as of April according to the Minnesota Star Tribune which bettered the annual riders the Minnesota Department of Transportation had predicted If you read The Glean on Friday you would have heard how the Trump administration had added Minnesota places to a sanctuary watch list However Bring Me The News reports that t he list identifying scores of so-called lawless jurisdictions that are allegedly not complying with Trump administration immigration orders has been removed from the Department of Homeland Protection DHS website Welcome back state establishment workers As of this day Minnesota state workers are required to return to the office at least of the time KARE reports Twin Cities suburban residents are encouraged to be on the lookout for bears WCCO reports and they share specific tips from the Minnesota Department of Natural Materials in incident you come across a black bear The post Smoggy times Canadian wildfires contribute to Minnesota haze appeared first on MinnPost