Minnesota's Air Quality Reaches Unhealthy Levels Due to Wildfire Smoke

A thick smoke plume from Canadian wildfires has brought unhealthy air quality to Minnesota, with air quality readings in the unhealthy-for-everyone range across most of central Minnesota. The air quality alert has been expanded to include all of Minnesota and most of western Wisconsin until Thursday. However, air quality is expected to improve on Thursday and Friday as cleaner air pushes into eastern Minnesota from the Great Lakes.