Live: Forest Service closing Boundary Waters due to fires and extreme heat
All entry points will close starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Guests with entry dates from Monday through Friday will be canceled.
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All entry points will close starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Guests with entry dates from Monday through Friday will be canceled.
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All entry points will close starting at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Guests with entry dates from Monday through Friday will be canceled.

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is closing entry points as more than a dozen wildfires continue to burn in northern Minnesota. An official forest closure order was issued Monday morning, canceling BWCA permits this week as wildfires and extreme weather drive safety restrictions. T...

Multiple fire departments and law enforcement are on the scene of a structure fire at a church in Rosemount late Monday morning, according to police.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison are holding a press conference Monday morning to provide an update on the ongoing Operation Metro Surge shooting investigations.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is ''reinstating'' a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage. Iran has insisted it controls the critical waterway, as another exchange of fire threatened a return to all-out war.

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The U.S. Forest Service is closing all Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness entry points starting Tuesday, July 14 due to ongoing wildfires in the region and extreme weather conditions.

President Trump posted to Truth Social, stating the U.S. is reinstating the blockade at the Strait of Hormuz.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Iranian ships will no longer be able to travel through the Strait of Hormuz and America would charge a 20% toll on other countries’ eligible cargo, escalating tensions after weekend of attacks by both nations to assert control of the critical waterway....

It’s been 135 days since the start of the Iran War, and a diplomatic solution seems shakier than ever. President Donald Trump said Monday that “we’re taking over the Strait of Hormuz,” a day after announcing that “we bombed the hell out of them.” Iran also asserted control of the formerly freely ...
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A sunny and dangerously hot Monday kicks off a prolonged stretch of 90-degree weather across Minnesota, with an extreme heat warning in effect for much of central and northern Minnesota.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbusters as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been d...

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