Forecast First Alert News Today

A Forecast First Alert continues Monday night into Tuesday morning for Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Falling temperatures and more snow will make roads slippery.

As temperatures climb into the upper 90s and heat indices soar to roughly 110 degrees, communities are opening up cooling centers for those who need relief from the extreme heat.

State officials with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Health Department discussed the current air quality Thursday morning after an alert was issued for at least Thursday and Friday due to smoke drifting over the state from Canadian wildfires.

Power crews are back out Wednesday morning after overnight thunderstorms moved through Minnesota and Wisconsin and left thousands of people without electricity.

No one was reported injured during the fire.