AIR QUALITY ALERT

U.P. / N. WISCONSIN - AIR QUALITY ALERT are in effect again for our entire listening area again today and all of Michigan and Wisconsin.  Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. More than 100 wildfires are burning in Canada, with winds carrying the smoke southeast.  Rangers are working to evacuate 6,000 to 10,000 campers from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.  Officials warn that large fires could burn for months, affecting air quality across several states including Wisconsin and the U.P.