UPDATE: Fire alert issued today for Clay, Becker, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Hubbard counties due to near-critical risk Becker, Otter Tail, Mahnomen, Hubbard, Wadena, and other area counties are at dangerously high risk of fire today and tonight, according to a special weather statement put out by the National Weather Service in Grand Forks on Thursday, April 22. Written By: Nathan Bowe | × With extreme fire risk conditions across northwest Minnesota today, the National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the following counties: Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau and Wilkin. Becker, Otter Tail, Mahnomen, Hubbard, Wadena, and other area counties are also at dangerously high risk of fire today and tonight, according to a special weather statement put out by the National Weather Service in Grand Forks.