drought

The rainy start to the week helps, but the Northland had entered the Drought Warning response phase.

Is the ongoing drought in Minnesota going to affect the supply or price of Christmas trees this year?

In a warming world "flash droughts" are coming on faster, with less warning and less time to prepare.

The region is experiencing dryer than normal conditions. This causes problems with agriculture and fire danger, but it also could cause problems with your home.

If you are someone who likes a real Christmas tree versus an artificial one, run don't walk to your nearest tree farm and get yours sooner rather than later.

2021 has been quite a year - especially here in the Northland.  Besides an ongoing pandemic, we've also battled record drought conditions locally - with our region way behind on average rainfall amounts. That lack of rain and water has caused problems for a lot of people in many different ways.  Fa...

Our extreme drought conditions have caused Lake Superior to fall below average normal water levels. But there is an unexpected benefit.

An earlier restriction on logging activity in St. Louis County has been lifted. The Land and Minerals Department made the announcement on Friday, September 3 - ending the almost week-long restrictions on logging activity on county-managed land.

Is rain on the way for Minnesota? The National Weather Service is anticipating a wetter forecast as we wrap up August and head into September.

As the extreme drought conditions this summer continue to get worse, officials with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have enacted water restrictions that cover the majority of the state.

As drought conditions persist, water levels on Lester River in Duluth have dropped to a point where the river no longer flows into Lake Superior.

Here's where things stand as of mid-August.